Orlah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Orlah: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #638, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#638highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#5061
2011	#5785
2012	#3285
2013	#2649
2014	#3514
2015	#4103
2016	#2547
2017	#3229
2018	#2901
2019	#3151
2020	#2615
2021	#2711
2022	#2888
2023	#3598
2024	#4843

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 England and Wales in 15 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #4843 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #5061 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Orlah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Orlah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	62	9 of 10	7
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Orlah 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 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024.

Orlah'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #638, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 18 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.

Orla-Rose · #1692, 13y
Orlagh · #89, 57y
Orlaigh · #254, 21y
Orlaith · #54, 59y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Abiha · #638, 18y
Arabella-Rose · #638, 11y
Ayrah · #638, 12y
Blayke · #638, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Abiha · #638, 18y
Arabelle · #638, 18y
Blayke · #638, 14y
Ireoluwa · #638, 17y

Orlah was ranked #638 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Orlah 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 Orlah without appearing here.

Orlah moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Orlah

Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3695.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1785.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #2502.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Orlah

Tyler Compare
Between 2006 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Orlah went from #5061 to #2711 while Tyler went from #649 to #5581.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Orlah went from #2649 to #4843 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Orlah went from #2649 to #4843 while Noah went from #5742 to #1743.

Moved the same way as Orlah

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Orlah went from #2649 to #4843 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Orlah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Orlah at a glance

Orlah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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