Orla Girl

How popular is Orla?

#2,514 girl name in 2025

70 baby girls were named Orla in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.

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949living people named Orla (est.)
11median age of people named Orla
1,485babies named Orla since 1880
1 in 47,362US babies born in 2025

Orla popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#2,514 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024)
Babies in 202570 girls
10-year trendRising fast (+133% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#4,583 in 2015, #4,261 in 2020
Peak year2024 (71 girls)
Highest rank#1,278 in 1892
First recorded1892
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Orla is most popular

Babies named Orla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
  2. Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
  3. New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (35 girls)
  4. Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
  5. New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (9 girls)

Orla by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1890s17#1,278
1900s5#1,876
1910s71#1,949
1920s120#2,172
1930s59#2,569
1940s26#3,501
1950s20#5,413
1960s16#5,808
1990s56#7,980
2000s179#4,676
2010s273#3,922
2020s357#2,508

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Questions

Is Orla a boy or girl name?
Orla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Orla were girls.
How popular is the name Orla?
70 baby girls were named Orla in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
When was Orla most popular?
Orla peaked in 2024, when 71 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,278 in 1892.
How many people are named Orla?
1,485 babies have been named Orla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 949 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
Where is Orla most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Orla was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.