Orlaith

Orlaith was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #596 in England & Wales.

Orlaith as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Orlaith as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Orlaith as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#13,208 (6)#596 (65)#172 (24)#132 (15)#352 (11)
2024#9,556 (10)#654 (59)#138 (32)#119 (17)#372 (10)
2023#10,312 (9)#742 (48)#204 (20)#142 (14)#212 (20)
2022—#526 (74)#129 (33)#111 (20)#304 (14)
2021—#509 (81)#135 (33)#143 (16)#299 (14)
2020#11,090 (8)#571 (69)#127 (36)#95 (22)#229 (19)
2019—#506 (81)#191 (22)#89 (24)#271 (17)
2018#15,682 (5)#596 (69)#220 (19)#114 (21)#218 (22)
2017—#533 (81)#191 (23)#91 (24)#145 (39)
2016—#475 (92)#131 (37)#112 (22)#140 (42)
2015—#525 (82)#113 (42)#90 (28)#104 (60)
2014—#494 (86)#121 (40)#119 (21)#127 (47)
2013—#604 (68)#123 (38)#109 (21)#122 (50)
2012—#635 (66)#214 (21)#77 (32)#108 (61)
2011#16,764 (5)#583 (69)#175 (26)#118 (21)#105 (62)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #10,312.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2006.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 750common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
OrlaithEngland & WalesGirls#59665
ÓrlaithIrelandGirls#32512
OrlaithIrelandGirls#35211
OrlaithNorthern IrelandGirls#13215
OrlaithScotlandGirls#17224
OrlaithUSGirls#13,2086