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
1975 · 843 births
Debut · boys
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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.

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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 1987

girls
#5,923
12 births · 1 in 144,886 girls
boys
#255
877 births · 1 in 2,129 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #5,923Orlando12

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #255Orlando877
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 144,886 of them was named Orlando, which outranked 55.3% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orlando
  1. #5,613Witney13
  2. #5,613Yury13
  3. #5,613Zayra13
  4. #5,923Orlando12
  5. #5,923Abigal12
  6. #5,923Adonna12
  7. #5,923Adriel12
  8. #6,335Abeer11
  9. #6,335Adreana11
  10. #6,335Aesha11

Tied with 411 names at #5,923; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,129 of them was named Orlando, which outranked 96.9% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orlando
  1. #252Abraham906
  2. #253Darius902
  3. #254Eugene896
  4. #255Orlando877
  5. #255Brady877
  6. #257Colby870
  7. #258Terrell868
  8. #259Jermaine860

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987