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How popular is the name Orlando?

Births per year, rank history and how many Orlandos are alive today.

Orlando (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 452nd in 2025 with 85 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2021, when 95 babies were given the name, the 439th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 548 in 2022 before climbing back to the 452nd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.

The Orlando you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Orlandos born in England and Wales are between 6 and 21, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Orlando - on average, only one in every 179 such rooms contains a Orlando.

How many babies are named Orlando each year?

0255075100200020201996: 181997: 241998: 171999: 232000: 232001: 242002: 282003: 432004: 562005: 632006: 512007: 702008: 542009: 522010: 712011: 592012: 622013: 622014: 562015: 662016: 462017: 512018: 542019: 502020: 612021: 952022: 702023: 812024: 802025: 85actual

Where does Orlando rank among boys' names?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 8181997: ranked 6781998: ranked 8871999: ranked 7182000: ranked 7512001: ranked 7282002: ranked 6912003: ranked 5372004: ranked 4702005: ranked 4452006: ranked 5742007: ranked 4742008: ranked 5932009: ranked 6172010: ranked 4952011: ranked 5882012: ranked 5772013: ranked 5702014: ranked 6162015: ranked 5652016: ranked 7322017: ranked 6842018: ranked 6462019: ranked 6782020: ranked 5872021: ranked 4392022: ranked 5482023: ranked 4902024: ranked 4902025: ranked 452

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.

Chart: babies named Orlando per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 95 in 2021
Orlando: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Orlando most popular?

Orlando peaked in 2021, when 95 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Orlando?

At least 1,700 people named Orlando born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Orlando?

Most living Orlandos are between 6 and 21; the most common age is about 2.

Is Orlando becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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