Orah

Orah was the #9,457 girls' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies).

Orah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Orah as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Orah as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#9,457 (10)—
2024#10,271 (9)—
2023#13,462 (6)—
2021#8,978 (11)—
2020#12,142 (7)—
2018—#5,666 (3)
2017#10,689 (9)—
2016#16,215 (5)—
2009#13,704 (7)—
2008#15,405 (6)—
1991#13,147 (5)—
1941#4,420 (5)—
1940#4,349 (5)—
1930#4,550 (5)—
1924#3,665 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1882 at #740.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.