UK girl's name
Orlah
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.
Orlah is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Orlah 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 2016, with 10 births.
This profile covers 101 England and Wales registrations across 15 recorded years from 2006 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 175 living people in the UK are called Orlah. 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
- • Orlah ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2016, when 10 girls were registered as Orlah.
- • Orlah ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #638 in 2024.
- • About 175 living people in the UK are estimated to have Orlah 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
2016
10 births
Estimated living
175
2026
Popularity
Orlah over time
The chart below shows babies named Orlah registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2006 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 Orlah, the clearest high point is 2016. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 10 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Orlah by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Orlah 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 | #3331 | 36 | 5 |
| 2010s | #3463 | 62 | 9 |
| 2000s | #5061 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Orlah is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Orlah. 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.
Orlah ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #638 in 2024.
Across the UK
Orlah in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#638 in 2024
12 years of NRS records, 75 total registered
Related
Names similar to Orlah
- 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
Orlah: questions and answers
How popular is the name Orlah in the UK right now?
In 2024, Orlah was ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Orlah most popular?
The peak year on record was 2016, with 10 babies registered as Orlah in England and Wales.
How many people are called Orlah in the UK?
A total of 101 babies have been registered as Orlah across the 15 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 75 more in Scotland.
Where is Orlah most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Orlah ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #638 in 2024. 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.