# Orla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/orla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “golden princess”, “gold”, “princess” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,485 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 286 / 1,199 (81% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,520, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized version of Irish Órfhlaith (“golden princess”), from ór (“gold”) + flaith (“princess”).

## What it means

Orla is grouped under gold and queen.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 5,024 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,811 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,855 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,867 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,687 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,605 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,472 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,747 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,984 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4,338 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,989 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,850 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,609 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,525 |
| 2025 | 70 | 2,532 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 11 | 2,730 |
| 1924 | 10 | 2,965 |
| 1925 | 6 | 4,077 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,064 |
| 1927 | 10 | 2,855 |
| 1928 | 9 | 3,010 |
| 1929 | 8 | 3,174 |
| 1930 | 10 | 2,738 |
| 1931 | 6 | 3,661 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,204 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,406 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,785 |
| 1945 | 6 | 3,226 |
| 1947 | 5 | 4,124 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,816 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 340 | 155 |
| 2012 | 344 | 155 |
| 2013 | 405 | 132 |
| 2014 | 456 | 122 |
| 2015 | 539 | 106 |
| 2016 | 537 | 107 |
| 2017 | 610 | 88 |
| 2018 | 621 | 86 |
| 2019 | 687 | 78 |
| 2020 | 733 | 72 |
| 2021 | 794 | 66 |
| 2022 | 776 | 63 |
| 2023 | 780 | 56 |
| 2024 | 746 | 58 |
| 2025 | 721 | 64 |

## In other languages

- Irish: Órfhlaith

## People named Orla

- Orla Jørgensen, Danish racing cyclist (1904-1947)
- Orla Lehmann, Danish politician (1810-1870)
- Orla Rosenhoff, Danish composer (1844-1905)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.