Orpha

Girl · recorded 1880–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

022144218801916195219882024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 111 recorded years as a table
Orpha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880319
1881261
1882315
1883356
1884372
1885428
1886325
1887343
1888336
1889235
1890362
1891442
1892363
1893310
1894363
1895364
1896282
1897325
1898325
1899369
1900314
1901343
1902303
1903317
1904269
1905243
1906230
1907245
1908230
1909219
1910209
1911165
1912186
1913175
1914165
1915198
1916184
1917189
1918156
1919125
1920154
1921132
1922117
1923107
1924115
192594
192697
1927109
192886
192978
193071
193170
193273
193381
193456
193561
193649
193735
193838
193941
194028
194129
194232
194322
194416
194513
194618
194717
194815
194915
195012
19519
19529
195310
195413
19557
19568
19574
19584
19597
19605
19613
19626
19636
19645
19655
19677
19684
19695
19707
19714
19724
19733
19745
19753
19765
19774
19804
19835
19844
19873
19883
19893
19933
20033
20043
20063
20083
20123
20163
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Orpha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
6
Rank in 2024
#13,477
How rare
1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1880
5,974

Orpha was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 442 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Orpha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.