Orlena vs Orlo
American parents have registered 920 Orlos since 1880, against 648 Orlenas. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Orlena Orlo
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 93 years in which either name was published, Orlo for 53 years and Orlena for 40 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1881–1885 Orlo ahead
- 1886–1910 Orlena ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1913–1949 Orlo ahead
- 1950–1983 Orlena ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2016–2022 Orlo ahead
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Orlena | Orlo | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 648 | 920 |
| Most in one year | 23 | 41 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 170 | 110 |
| Median age today | 54 | 78 |
| Peak year | 1921 | 1919 |
| Best rank | 1,821st girls | 1,063rd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1881 | 1881 |
| Girls / boys | 648 / 0 | 0 / 920 |
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 Orlos alive today are over 78; half the Orlenas are over 54. That is 24 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Orlena and Orlo.