Orla vs Orlean
American parents have registered 1,485 Orlas since 1880, against 565 Orleans. Orla is still ahead, with 70 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Orla Orlean
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 105 years in which either name was published, Orla for 71 years and Orlean for 34 years. The lead changed hands 30 times.
- 1880–1900 Orla ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1905–1925 Orlean ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1932–1934 Orla ahead
- 1935–1956 Orlean ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1957–2025 Orla ahead, apart from one short spell
22 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Orla | Orlean | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,485 | 565 |
| Most in one year | 71 | 30 |
| Babies in 2025 | 70 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 940 | 90 |
| Median age today | 9 | 79 |
| Peak year | 2024 | 1921 |
| Best rank | 2,508th girls | 1,668th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,514th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1896 |
| Girls / boys | 1,199 / 286 | 543 / 22 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Orleans alive today are over 79; half the Orlas are over 9. That is 70 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Compare something else
Related comparisons
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Orla and Orlean.