Orlando

maleStatistical record

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

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

Orlando: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #439 in 2004, and it stood at #490 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#439highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#818
1997	#678
1998	#887
1999	#718
2000	#751
2001	#728
2002	#691
2003	#537
2004	#470
2005	#445
2006	#574
2007	#474
2008	#593
2009	#617
2010	#495
2011	#588
2012	#577
2013	#570
2014	#616
2015	#565
2016	#732
2017	#684
2018	#646
2019	#678
2020	#587
2021	#439
2022	#548
2023	#490
2024	#490

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #617 among boys in England and Wales, #701 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #818 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #439 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #490 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Orlando appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,510 births with the name.

Orlando across 2 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.

Orlando'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
England and Wales · Boys	#818 (1996)	#439 (2021)	#490 (2024)	29 of 29	1,510 (1996–2024)	95 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#439 (2004)	#439 (2004)	#701 (2009)	3 of 6	11 (2004–2009)	4 (2004)

Orlando by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Orlando in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	82	4 of 10	21
2000s	464	10 of 10	46
2010s	577	10 of 10	58
2020sbusiest	387	5 of 10	77

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 77 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 34, from 61 to 95.

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

Orlando 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #439 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Orlando'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	male	#490	80	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#490	81	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#548	70	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#439	95	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#587	61	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#678	50	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#646	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#684	51	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#732	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#565	66	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#616	56	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#570	62	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#577	62	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#588	59	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#495	71	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#617	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#593	54	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#474	70	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#574	51	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#445	63	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#470	56	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#537	43	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#691	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#728	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#887	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#678	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#818	18	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #439, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 95 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 8 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 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.

Leilani · #439, 29y
Aleyna · #440, 29y
Indigo · #438, 30y
Lotti · #440, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdelrahman · #439, 19y
Caleigh · #439, 14y
Daisy-Mae · #439, 29y
Finan · #439, 23y

Orlando was ranked #439 in England and Wales · Boys in 2021. 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.

Orlando 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 Orlando without appearing here.

Orlando moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #691 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #537 and #1132.
Gary Compare
In 2009 they stood at #617 and #576 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #495 and #897.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #887 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #718 and #1082.
Shane Compare
In 2019 they stood at #678 and #642 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #587 and #921.

Moved ahead of Orlando

Oskar Compare
In 1997 they stood at #678 and #759 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #887 and #502.
Cooper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #474 and #509 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #593 and #430.
Filip Compare
In 2005 they stood at #445 and #615 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #574 and #443.
Hunter Compare
In 2010 they stood at #495 and #625 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #588 and #473.

Moved the opposite way to Orlando

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orlando went from #818 to #490 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orlando went from #818 to #490 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orlando went from #818 to #490 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orlando went from #818 to #490 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Orlando

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orlando went from #818 to #490 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orlando went from #818 to #490 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orlando went from #818 to #490 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Orlando went from #818 to #490 and Archie from #192 to #10.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #439 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Orlando

Orlando at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Orlando across 2 official records

Orlando by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Orlando appears in

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Orlando at a glance

Orlando across 2 official records

Orlando by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Orlando

Orlando and the names beside it

Orlando moved ahead of

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