Orlando

Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #871 for boys in 2025, 275 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#246
1975 · 843 births
Debut · boys
1880
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
49,454
since 1880

Orlando over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Orlando has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #246, 1975boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#871275
2024—#843289
2023—#775329
2022—#811307
2021—#754336
2020—#772307
2019—#723337
2018—#666379
2017—#654393
2016—#623430
2015—#613438
2014—#561493
2013—#557471
2012—#460590
2011—#482545
2010—#432634
2009—#408719
2008—#419697
2007—#367860
2006—#355853
2005—#363813
2004—#360779
2003—#372702
2002—#373708
2001—#364731
2000—#401634
1999—#382680
1998—#392629
1997—#376645
1996#13,5185#368649
1995#11,7836#364659
1994#13,4305#362661
1993—#347691
1992#11,7386#357663
1991#11,5096#321787
1990#12,9585#314800
1989#8,7618#292839
1988#7,6919#269875
1987#5,92312#255877
1986#7,1349#267817
1985#5,34813#282730
1984#10,4225#301661
1983—#293688
1982#10,5175#292690
1981—#284717
1980#5,24513#283743
1979#7,3138#291695
1978#5,56311#295636
1977#5,21312#281688
1976—#288651
1975#5,51610#246843
1974#5,01111#267719
1973#7,4356#290626
1972#5,4809#293628
1971#5,5439#294676
1970#5,06110#289718
1969#5,9747#302627
1968#6,2466#290651
1967#6,8045#305584
1966—#324528
1965#5,8176#318578
1964—#315606
1963#5,2967#296678
1962#6,5785#300665
1961#5,3097#320603
1960#5,6966#371451
1959—#383429
1958—#399381
1957—#417350
1956—#412342
1955—#449273
1954—#437274
1953—#473217
1952—#537173
1951—#516175
1950—#528163
1949—#604128
1948—#647109
1947—#543153
1946—#601115
1945—#62295
1944—#67983
1943—#623103
1942—#575116
1941—#553117
1940—#550115
1939—#524119
1938—#60197
1937—#59894
1936—#58697
1935—#581100
1934—#568108
1933—#572101
1932—#64488
1931—#557111
1930—#561114
1929—#602101
1928—#516137
1927—#524136
1926—#491149
1925—#464171
1924—#464175
1923—#448186
1922—#464179
1921—#444192
1920—#448181
1919—#386230
1918—#435184
1917—#453156
1916—#517121
1915—#454146
1914—#483101
1913—#49876
1912—#47468
1911—#58427
1910—#55626
1909—#67916
1908—#61318
1907—#59118
1906—#56817
1905—#78610
1904—#8109
1903—#8468
1902—#74410
1901—#7279
1900—#64915
1899—#66110
1898—#7449
1897—#68110
1896—#1,1015
1895—#57913
1894—#54314
1893—#61511
1892—#52515
1891—#56411
1890—#8846
1889—#54912
1888—#52814
1887—#54411
1886—#51213
1885—#46216
1884—#54712
1883—#55611
1882—#51413
1881—#38919
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Orlando was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Orlando
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#843 → #871)
  • 99 spots since 2020 (#772 → #871)
  • 258 spots since 2015 (#613 → #871)
  • Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #681)
  • Biggest drop: 522 spots in 1896 (#579 → #1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1975 at #246 (843 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1897–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,852
  • Highest: 1 in 1,852 boys born in 1975 were named Orlando (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,211 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 15.4% of all boys named Orlando (7,637) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s137#389 (1881)#504
1890s104#525 (1892)#690
1900s130#568 (1906)#701
1910s1,135#386 (1919)#484
1920s1,607#444 (1921)#487
1930s1,029#524 (1939)#579
1940s1,134#543 (1947)#600
1950s2,777#383 (1959)#455
1960s5,971#290 (1968)#314
1970s6,880#246 (1975)#283
1980s7,637#255 (1987)#282
1990s6,864#314 (1990)#358
2000s7,496#355 (2006)#378
2010s4,710#432 (2010)#577
2020s1,843#754 (2021)#804

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Orlando in 1973

girls
#7,435
6 births · 1 in 243,035 girls
boys
#290
626 births · 1 in 2,490 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #7,435Orlando6

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #290Orlando626
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 243,035 of them was named Orlando, which outranked 24.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orlando
  1. #6,666Yumi7
  2. #6,666Zanthia7
  3. #6,666Zenda7
  4. #7,435Orlando6
  5. #7,435Abagail6
  6. #7,435Adabel6
  7. #7,435Adalia6
  8. #8,423Aarti5
  9. #8,423Abbigail5
  10. #8,423Abi5

Tied with 987 names at #7,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 2,490 of them was named Orlando, which outranked 95.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orlando
  1. #286Dominic632
  2. #288Johnnie629
  3. #289Guy627
  4. #290Orlando626
  5. #291Gene625
  6. #291Jimmie625
  7. #293Rick621
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →