Orlagh

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Orlagh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Orlagh: Recorded since 1964, it reached #89 in 2000, and it stood at #176 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
112times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#89highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Orlagh's record

Moved 230 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#1107
2000	#1475
2001	#1520
2002	#1658
2003	#1552
2004	#2112
2005	#1690
2006	#2781
2007	#1965
2008	#1718
2009	#1411
2010	#1993
2011	#2636
2012	#1342
2013	#1148
2014	#1016
2015	#1240
2016	#1211
2017	#1105
2018	#1526
2019	#996
2020	#1013
2021	#918
2022	#683
2023	#962
2024	#1160

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 54 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #176 among girls in Scotland, #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1160 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #274 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #89 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1160 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Orlagh appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 558 births with the name.

Orlagh across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Orlagh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#274 (1964)	#178 (1996)	#898 (2024)	54 of 61	558 (1964–2024)	26 (1992)
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#683 (2022)	#1160 (2024)	29 of 29	608 (1996–2024)	54 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#154 (1997)	#89 (2000)	#407 (2024)	28 of 28	272 (1997–2024)	22 (2000)

Orlagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Orlagh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	17	3 of 10	6
1970s	60	9 of 10	7
1980s	120	10 of 10	12
1990sbusiest	180	10 of 10	18
2000s	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	61	9 of 10	7
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Orlagh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #89 in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Orlagh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1160	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#962	36	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#918	38	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#996	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1105	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1211	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1240	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1016	35	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1148	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1342	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#206	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#202	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#209	9	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#146	15	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#157	13	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#245	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#183	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#125	15	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#100	20	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#103	19	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#89	22	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#110	19	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#112	19	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#154	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#585	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	15	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	15	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	13	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	26	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	17	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	17	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	18	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	18	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	11	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	15	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	11	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	11	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#360	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	9	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	8	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#176	23	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #89, first reached in 2000.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 54 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chris · #87, 59y
Cathy · #92, 54y
Leigh · #92, 55y
Kara · #93, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dearbhla · #90, 57y
Felicity · #88, 51y
Finbar · #90, 61y
Tadgh · #90, 55y

Orlagh was ranked #89 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Orlagh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Orlagh without appearing here.

Orlagh moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1411 and #4564.
Donna Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1342 and #4171.
Linnea Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1342 and #4171.
Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1718 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1411 and #3936.

Moved ahead of Orlagh

Frida Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1411 and #1526 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #1218.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1690 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #2137.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #996 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1013 and #460.
Aria Compare
In 2012 they stood at #435 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #587 and #246.

Moved the opposite way to Orlagh

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlagh went from #274 to #898 while Ada went from #372 to #50.
Hazel Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlagh went from #274 to #898 while Hazel went from #154 to #44.
Lara Compare
Between 1968 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlagh went from #401 to #898 while Lara went from #401 to #142.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1971 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlagh went from #466 to #898 while Caoimhe went from #289 to #31.

Moved the same way as Orlagh

Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlagh went from #274 to #898 and Angela from #24 to #372.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlagh went from #274 to #898 and Ann from #4 to #556.
Bernadette Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlagh went from #274 to #898 and Bernadette from #15 to #736.
Bridget Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orlagh went from #274 to #898 and Bridget from #8 to #243.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #89 in Northern Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Orlagh

Orlagh at a glance

What stands out in Orlagh's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Orlagh across 3 official records

Orlagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Orlagh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Orlagh

Orlagh and the names beside it

Orlagh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Orlagh

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Moved the same way as Orlagh

Orlagh at a glance

What stands out in Orlagh's record

Orlagh across 3 official records

Orlagh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Orlagh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Orlagh

Orlagh and the names beside it

Orlagh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Orlagh

Moved the opposite way to Orlagh

Moved the same way as Orlagh