Orra

Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · Last seen for boys in 1919 at #3,391
Given to girls 88.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1888 · 10 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
129
since 1885

Orra over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #837, 1888peak #892, 1883girlsboys
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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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1928#4,7255
1927
1926#3,8737
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1923#3,3509
1922#4,0117
1921#4,4646
1920#4,3986
1919#4,2516#3,3917
1918
1917#4,5945
1916#2,83310
1915#4,2745#3,8255
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1902#1,7935
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1895#1,4266
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1892#1,4505
1891#1,2136
1890#1,0068
1889#1,0257
1888#83710
1887#1,0366
1886#1,1085
1885#1,0475
1884
1883#8925
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Orra! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1892–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Orra
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1928
  • Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1888 (#1,036#837)
  • Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1889 (#837#1,025)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1888 at #837 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1888
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,862
  • Highest: 1 in 17,862 girls born in 1888 were named Orra (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 230,664 girls born in 1928 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 31.0% of all girls named Orra (40) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1920
  • Mostly boys until 1919, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s33#837 (1888)#1,011
1890s25#1,006 (1890)#1,274
1900s5#1,793 (1902)#1,793
1910s26#2,833 (1916)#3,988
1920s40#3,350 (1923)#4,137

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.

Orra in 1885

girls
#1,047
5 births · 1 in 26,611 girls

Top girls' names in 1885

  1. #1Mary9,128
  2. #2Anna3,994
  3. #3Emma2,728
  4. #4Elizabeth2,582
  5. #5Margaret2,204
  6. #6Minnie2,178
  7. #7Clara1,910
  8. #8Bertha1,860
  9. #9Ida1,854
  10. #10Annie1,703
  11. #1,047Orra5
More about 1885

girls

133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 26,611 of them was named Orra, which outranked 12.5% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Orra
  1. #921Zelda6
  2. #921Zenobia6
  3. #921Zoa6
  4. #1,047Orra5
  5. #1,047Abby5
  6. #1,047Alcie5
  7. #1,047Alexina5

Tied with 150 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 467Lonnie#1,024#557
  2. 430Theodora#930#500
  3. 395Malissie#1,024#629
  4. 366Arabella#1,024#658
  5. 366Bina#1,024#658
Fallers
  1. 458Sina#463#921
  2. 433Carlotta#614#1,047
  3. 433Felicia#614#1,047
  4. 433Fronie#614#1,047
  5. 433Paulina#614#1,047

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

See the top 100 for 1885