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Unisex name

Orla

/ˈɔɹlə/ · 81% girls, 19% boys · 70 born in 2025

Orla has been given to about 1,485 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2024, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ˈɔɹlə/
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 1,002
Median age today12 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Orla per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2024 · 71
  • Born in 202570
  • All time1,485
  • England & Wales, 2025#64 · 721

How popular is Orla?

Its best year was 2024, when 71 babies were given the name, ranking 2525th. The typical living American called Orla is about 12 years old today. It is relatively most common in New York, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Orla

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Ola0.81
  2. Ora0.75
  3. Orpha0.72
  4. Carla0.62
  5. Lola0.62
  6. Karla0.62
  7. Darla0.62
  8. Marla0.62

Middle names for Orla

Ranked by flow score
  1. Orla Josephine0.84
  2. Orla Rose0.83
  3. Orla Louise0.83
  4. Orla June0.82
  5. Orla Pearl0.82
  6. Orla Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Orla

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Hazielbrother · 0.89
  2. Jasielbrother · 0.88
  3. Alarasister · 0.88
  4. Teobrother · 0.88
  5. Kiyomisister · 0.88
  6. Inayasister · 0.87

Where Orla is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. New York0.01%
  2. Pennsylvania0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Orla White0.78
  2. Orla Reyes0.78
  3. Orla Nguyen0.78
  4. Orla Moore0.78
  5. Orla Lee0.78
  6. Orla Hill0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Orla

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. Ireland1998–2019
  5. France1900–2025
  6. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Orla across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.