# Orpha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/orpha/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,974 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,974 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 9,289 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,985 |
| 1983 | 9 | 7,115 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,855 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12,664 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,340 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,905 |
| 1993 | 5 | 15,110 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,704 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,110 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,304 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,955 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,367 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,184 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,850 |

## 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.