UK girl's name
Orla-Mae
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Orla-Mae is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Orla-Mae popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4843, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2021, with 10 births.
This profile covers 51 England and Wales registrations across 8 recorded years from 2015 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 40% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 54 living people in the UK are called Orla-Mae. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Orla-Mae ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2021, when 10 girls were registered as Orla-Mae.
- • Orla-Mae ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #749 in 2023.
- • About 54 living people in the UK are estimated to have Orla-Mae as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4843
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
2021
10 births
Estimated living
54
2026
Popularity
Orla-Mae over time
The chart below shows babies named Orla-Mae registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2015 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Orla-Mae, the clearest high point is 2021. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 10 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Orla-Mae by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Orla-Mae was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3254 | 38 | 5 |
| 2010s | #4630 | 13 | 3 |
Geography
Where Orla-Mae is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Orla-Mae. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Orla-Mae ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #749 in 2023.
Across the UK
Orla-Mae in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#749 in 2023
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Orla-Mae
- Olivia 123,111
- Orla 10,799
- Olive 6,815
- Ophelia 4,939
- Ottilie 4,407
- Oliwia 2,608
- Ocean 1,811
- Orlaith 1,357
- Olivia-Rose 1,250
- Octavia 1,243
- Olivia-Grace 618
- Orlagh 608
FAQ
Orla-Mae: questions and answers
How popular is the name Orla-Mae in the UK right now?
In 2024, Orla-Mae was ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Orla-Mae most popular?
The peak year on record was 2021, with 10 babies registered as Orla-Mae in England and Wales.
How many people are called Orla-Mae in the UK?
A total of 51 babies have been registered as Orla-Mae across the 8 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Orla-Mae most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Orla-Mae ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #749 in 2023. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.