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The first name Orpha

A girl’s name.

2 syllables Female

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Orpha at birth, 1880–2025

In 2024, 6 girls born in the United States were named Orpha, the 14,850th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1917, when 204 were.

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5,974
babies named Orpha since 1880
#14,850
rank in 2024
1917
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Questions

Is Orpha a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 5,974 US babies named Orpha since 1880 were girls.
When was Orpha most popular?
1917 in the United States, when 204 babies were named Orpha, its highest rank at 451st.