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How popular is the name Orlaith?
Births per year, rank history and how many Orlaiths are alive today.
Orlaith (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Orla in England and Wales, ranked 596th in 2025 with 65 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 92 babies were given the name, the 475th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 742 in 2023 before climbing back to the 596th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Orla you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Orlas born in England and Wales are between 5 and 15, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Orla.
How many babies are named Orlaith each year?
Includes all spellings: Orlaith, Orla, Orlagh. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Orlaith spelling rank?
Where does the Orla spelling rank?
Where does the Orlagh spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Orlaith most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Orla, peaked in 2021, when 913 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Orlaith spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 92 babies.
How many people are called Orlaith?
At least 13,000 people named Orlaith in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Orlaith?
Most living Orlaiths are between 5 and 15; the most common age is about 4.
Is Orlaith becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.