Orlo

Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330

Peak · boys
1895 · 9 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
920
since 1881

Orlo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Orlo has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #738, 1895boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020#12,0225
2019#10,8036
2018
2017#10,7756
2016#12,1855
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1962#3,3057
1961
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1958
1957#3,9935
1956
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1954
1953#3,4256
1952#3,0957
1951
1950
1949#3,2986
1948#2,7888
1947#2,8628
1946#2,14312
1945
1944#2,4679
1943#2,7328
1942#2,9407
1941#1,82115
1940#2,17911
1939#1,87914
1938#1,61318
1937#1,68817
1936#1,80115
1935#1,92914
1934#1,93214
1933#1,49821
1932#1,71618
1931#1,39425
1930#2,07914
1929#1,44325
1928#1,82218
1927#1,74820
1926#1,29631
1925#1,33230
1924#1,57724
1923#1,30031
1922#1,82719
1921#1,17837
1920#1,15738
1919#1,06341
1918#1,34328
1917#1,17533
1916#1,15732
1915#99640
1914#1,26022
1913#99525
1912#1,52711
1911#1,3877
1910
1909#95110
1908
1907
1906#1,0047
1905#9198
1904#1,0646
1903
1902#9337
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#8527
1896#8268
1895#7389
1894
1893#9076
1892#9566
1891
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886
1885#8366
1884
1883#7996
1882
1881#7816
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Orlo! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Orlo is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedSDIowa: #286 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,817 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedINOhio: #335 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,916 boysOHPennsylvania: #511 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,462 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Orlo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#286 · 1 in 2,817
  2. Ohio#335 · 1 in 4,916
  3. Pennsylvania#511 · 1 in 14,462

Best ever in a state: #196 in Iowa, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#28661 in 2,817
Ohio#33581 in 4,916
Pennsylvania#51151 in 14,462
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Orlo
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 532 spots in 1913 (#1,527#995)
  • Biggest drop: 265 spots in 1914 (#995#1,260)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1895 at #738 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1895–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,044
  • Highest: 1 in 13,044 boys born in 1895 were named Orlo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.7% of all boys named Orlo (273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#781 (1881)#848
1890s41#738 (1895)#879
1900s38#919 (1905)#974
1910s239#995 (1913)#1,211
1920s273#1,157 (1920)#1,468
1930s170#1,394 (1931)#1,753
1940s84#1,821 (1941)#2,581
1950s18#3,095 (1952)#3,504
1960s7#3,305 (1962)#3,305
1970s0
1980s0
1990s0
2000s0
2010s17#10,775 (2017)#11,254
2020s10#12,022 (2020)#12,176

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.

Orlo in 1915

boys
#996
40 births · 1 in 21,214 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #996Orlo40
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 21,214 of them was named Orlo, which outranked 77.3% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orlo
  1. #980Ole41
  2. #980Price41
  3. #980Sumner41
  4. #996Orlo40
  5. #996Alma40
  6. #996Baxter40
  7. #996Bishop40
  8. #1,015Arch39
  9. #1,015Art39
  10. #1,015Benson39

Tied with 18 names at #996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915