# Orlando (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/orlando/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | “roland” |
| Pronunciation | /ɔɹˈlæn.doʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49,696 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49,454 / 242 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,595, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian Orlando (“Roland”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiland. The city in Florida has gone by the name since 1857, perhaps in honor of the soldier Orlando Reeves, whom the Seminoles killed there in 1835. Previously, it had been settled in 1844 as Jernigan. Doublet of Roland.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 8 | 7,822 |
| 1980 | 13 | 5,451 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,760 |
| 1984 | 5 | 11,644 |
| 1985 | 13 | 5,580 |
| 1986 | 9 | 7,555 |
| 1987 | 12 | 6,218 |
| 1988 | 9 | 8,185 |
| 1989 | 8 | 9,397 |
| 1990 | 5 | 14,565 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,642 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,900 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,095 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,917 |
| 1996 | 5 | 15,209 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 545 | 483 |
| 2012 | 590 | 461 |
| 2013 | 471 | 561 |
| 2014 | 493 | 562 |
| 2015 | 438 | 613 |
| 2016 | 430 | 623 |
| 2017 | 393 | 654 |
| 2018 | 379 | 669 |
| 2019 | 337 | 724 |
| 2020 | 307 | 772 |
| 2021 | 336 | 755 |
| 2022 | 307 | 812 |
| 2023 | 329 | 775 |
| 2024 | 289 | 844 |
| 2025 | 275 | 873 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 588 |
| 2012 | 62 | 577 |
| 2013 | 62 | 570 |
| 2014 | 56 | 616 |
| 2015 | 66 | 565 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 51 | 684 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 50 | 678 |
| 2020 | 61 | 587 |
| 2021 | 95 | 439 |
| 2022 | 70 | 548 |
| 2023 | 81 | 490 |
| 2024 | 80 | 490 |
| 2025 | 85 | 452 |

## People named Orlando

- Orlando Bloom, English actor and model
- Orlando Jones, American stand-up comedian
- Orlando Gibbons, English composer, virginalist and organist (1583-1625)
- Orlando Peçanha, Brazilian footballer (1935-2010)
- Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer (born 1979)
- Orlando Beltran Quevedo, Filipino cardinal
- Orlando Figes, British historian
- Orlando Letelier, Chilean economist and diplomat (1932–1976)
- Orlando Brown, American actor, rapper and singer
- Orlando Ortega, Cuban sprint hurdler
- Orlando Jordan, American professional wrestler
- Orlando Martínez, Cuban boxer

## 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.