Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Orlando

Gender

Male

Origin

Italian
Land Of Gold
Spanish
Renowned in the land; variant of Roland

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Literary
  • Place
  • Shakespearean
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Orlando

Pronunciation

o-rlan-do, or-la-ndo

Famous People

Actor Orlando Bloom

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1987 (rank #255, 876 births); most recent 2025 (rank #871, 275 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1985 (rank #5345, 13 births); most recent 1996 (rank #13513, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025275–
2024288–
2023329–
2022307–
2021334–
2020307–
2019337–
2018379–
2017393–
2016430–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #439, 95 births); most recent 2025 (rank #452, 85 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202585
202480
202381
202270
202195
202061
201950
201854
201751
201646

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1972 (rank #344, 60 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2230, 11 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202311
202216
202111
202014
20195
201813
201713
20169
201517
201411

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #527, 4 births); most recent 2009 (rank #701, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #701, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #534, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20166
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence