Orpha

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477

Peak · girls
1885 · 57 births
Debut · girls
29 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,974
since 1880

Orpha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Orpha has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #263, 1885girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024#13,4776
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#16,2155
2015
2014
2013
2012#14,9626
2011
2010
2009
2008#15,4056
2007
2006#17,1685
2005
2004#16,0995
2003#15,7845
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993#13,4425
1992
1991
1990
1989#10,8476
1988#10,3866
1987#11,3255
1986
1985
1984#8,1537
1983#6,7059
1982
1981
1980#9,0956
1979
1978
1977#8,4446
1976#6,6118
1975#9,0675
1974#6,9007
1973#8,4235
1972#7,2926
1971#7,3886
1970#4,24613
1969#5,4568
1968#6,2466
1967#4,05311
1966
1965#4,8318
1964#4,6369
1963#3,80112
1962#4,01111
1961#5,8516
1960#4,18410
1959#3,25414
1958#4,1939
1957#4,2029
1956#2,92916
1955#3,22513
1954#2,12225
1953#2,43119
1952#2,67116
1951#2,57716
1950#2,18520
1949#1,91725
1948#1,85826
1947#1,72231
1946#1,67828
1945#2,06017
1944#1,86721
1943#1,49231
1942#1,20643
1941#1,29435
1940#1,31332
1939#1,06645
1938#1,11142
1937#1,18037
1936#96151
1935#86164
1934#89458
1933#72182
1932#76578
1931#78474
1930#78680
1929#75287
1928#71099
1927#627130
1926#680115
1925#686115
1924#628143
1923#649129
1922#615141
1921#560163
1920#513185
1919#593141
1918#506181
1917#451204
1916#461192
1915#438195
1914#497126
1913#488109
1912#466104
1911#49669
1910#43883
1909#42176
1908#41077
1907#40278
1906#41368
1905#40171
1904#38274
1903#34683
1902#35780
1901#33982
1900#34194
1899#32486
1898#34084
1897#33776
1896#35567
1895#31585
1894#30781
1893#33266
1892#30977
1891#27482
1890#29869
1889#37142
1888#30860
1887#30250
1886#30247
1885#26357
1884#27748
1883#27840
1882#30034
1881#32524
1880#28829
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Orpha was already there! It came in at #288, and was given to 29 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Orpha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 80 spots in 1920 (#593#513)
  • Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1937 (#961#1,180)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #263 (57 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 59 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,262
  • Highest: 1 in 2,262 girls born in 1891 were named Orpha (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #263 in 1885, was only 1 in 2,334 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 23.5% of all girls named Orpha (1,404) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s431#263 (1885)#301
1890s773#274 (1891)#319
1900s783#339 (1901)#381
1910s1,404#438 (1915)#483
1920s1,307#513 (1920)#642
1930s611#721 (1933)#913
1940s289#1,206 (1942)#1,641
1950s157#2,122 (1954)#2,979
1960s81#3,801 (1963)#4,785
1970s56#4,246 (1970)#7,296
1980s39#6,705 (1983)#9,419
1990s5#13,442 (1993)#13,442
2000s21#15,405 (2008)#16,114
2010s11#14,962 (2012)#15,589
2020s6#13,477 (2024)#13,477

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

Orpha in 1892

girls
#309
77 births · 1 in 2,758 girls

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #309Orpha77
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 2,758 of them was named Orpha, which outranked 81.4% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orpha
  1. #304Myrtie80
  2. #307Cassie79
  3. #308Janet78
  4. #309Orpha77
  5. #309Audrey77
  6. #311Chloe76
  7. #311Ivy76
  8. #311Rae76

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

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. 553Lollie#1,093#540
  2. 536Leonore#1,332#796
  3. 528Gwendolyn#1,213#685
  4. 507Antonette#1,213#706
  5. 507Monnie#1,213#706
Fallers
  1. 700Nathalie#750#1,450
  2. 654Eudora#624#1,278
  3. 611Leva#839#1,450
  4. 611Roy#839#1,450
  5. 609Pollie#669#1,278

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

See the top 100 for 1892