Orna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Orna: Recorded since 1964, it reached #245 in 2005, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#245highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2006	#4157
2024	#5891

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 54 of the 59 years from 1964 to 2022.

In 2006: #286 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4157 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 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 recorded1964–2022
Highest recorded position: #245 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2005 (recorded 1964–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Orna 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 437 births with the name.

Orna 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.

Orna'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	#327 (1964)	#245 (2005)	#747 (2022)	54 of 59	437 (1964–2022)	16 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#3912 (2000)	#5891 (2024)	3 of 25	10 (2000–2024)	4 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#331 (2003)	#440 (2016)	3 of 14	9 (2003–2016)	3 (2003)

Orna 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 Orna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	21	5 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	77	9 of 10	9
1980s	80	10 of 10	8
1990s	93	10 of 10	9
2000s	94	10 of 10	9
2010s	64	8 of 10	8
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Orna 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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #245 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Orna'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#539	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#505	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#314	10	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#411	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	12	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	10	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#290	11	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	11	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	11	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	10	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	9	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#277	10	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #245, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 39 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 3 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.

Priscilla · #247, 56y
Sabina · #251, 60y
Lucinda · #238, 56y
Angelika · #253, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Earl · #245, 34y
Edyta · #245, 31y
Kiran · #245, 31y
Lester · #245, 28y

Orna was ranked #245 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Orna 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 Orna without appearing here.

Orna moved ahead of

Susan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #661 and #584 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #402 and #896.
Anita Compare
In 2014 they stood at #587 and #540 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #402 and #751.
Tina Compare
In 2014 they stood at #587 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #402 and #751.
Yvonne Compare
In 2009 they stood at #539 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #422 and #758.

Moved ahead of Orna

Riley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #587 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #661 and #264.
Jodie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #402 and #431 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #651 and #260.
Aria Compare
In 2012 they stood at #474 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #587 and #246.
Astrid Compare
In 2019 they stood at #474 and #734 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #700 and #375.

Moved the opposite way to Orna

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orna went from #327 to #747 while Ada went from #372 to #48.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orna went from #327 to #747 while Alexandra went from #222 to #118.
Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orna went from #327 to #747 while Alice went from #57 to #29.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orna went from #327 to #747 while Amelia went from #300 to #11.

Moved the same way as Orna

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orna went from #327 to #747 and Alison from #146 to #222.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orna went from #327 to #747 and Amanda from #118 to #747.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orna went from #327 to #747 and Angela from #24 to #389.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Orna went from #327 to #747 and Anita from #130 to #905.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #245 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Orna

Orna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Orna across 3 official records

Orna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Orna appears in

Popularity data

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Orna at a glance

Orna across 3 official records

Orna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Orna appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Orna

Orna and the names beside it

Orna moved ahead of

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