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girls' name ★ peaked 2013

Orly

Meaning Orly is a unisex given name Gender Girl Rank 2025 #4,723 Trend → Stable

Orly is a unisex given name.

Rank 2025
#4,723
among girls · ↑1,197 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
29
named Orly · +38% vs 2024
How common
1 in 55,423
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2013
33 babies
All-time total
824
#8,564 all-time among girls
First recorded
1964
in Social Security records

Orly popularity over time

824 babies have been named Orly since 1964, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2013Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 14 1 – #5,035
1970s 40 4 +186% #6,392
1980s 100 10 +150% #4,668
1990s 78 8 -22% #7,468
2000s 174 17 +123% #5,504
2010s 259 26 +49% #4,403
2020s (to 2025) 159 27 +2% #4,555

Where Orly is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 29 0.02 outside top 500
2027 28 0.02 outside top 500
2028 28 0.02 outside top 500
2029 28 0.02 outside top 500
2030 28 0.02 outside top 500

The story of Orly

Orly is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #4,723 in 2025 with 29 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1964, 824 American babies have been named Orly. Its peak came in 2013, when 33 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Orly stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Orly?

The median living Orly is about 15 years old; half are between 7 and 28. An estimated 800 people named Orly are alive in the United States today.

median 15 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Orly year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 29 #4,723
2024 21 #5,920
2023 21 #5,901
2022 31 #4,555
2021 29 #4,704
2020 28 #4,729
2019 26 #5,134
2018 28 #4,860
2017 16 #7,351
2016 32 #4,500
2015 24 #5,622
2014 26 #5,274
2013 33 #4,403
2012 27 #5,215
2011 24 #5,686
2010 23 #5,924
2009 26 #5,504
2008 23 #6,093
2007 22 #6,271
2006 21 #6,296
2005 20 #6,184
2004 9 #11,385
2003 13 #8,361
2002 15 #7,350
2001 9 #10,787
2000 16 #6,723
1995 5 #15,110
1990 – –
1985 11 #6,330
1980 9 #7,214
1975 5 #10,132
1970 5 #8,922
1965 – –
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Orly

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Orly Levy Orly Levy Israeli politician (born 1973) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Orly, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Orly?

The median living Orly is about 15 years old. Half of all living Orlys are between 7 and 28 years old.

How many people named Orly are alive today?

An estimated 800 people named Orly are alive in the United States, based on 824 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Orly mean?

Orly is a unisex given name.

How popular is the name Orly in 2025?

Orly ranked #4,723 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 29 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Orly?

824 babies have been named Orly in the United States since 1964, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Orly most popular?

Orly peaked in 2013, when 33 newborns received the name.

Is Orly a boy or girl name?

Orly is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Orly rising or falling?

Orly has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Orly become more popular?

Orly looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 28 girls named Orly in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Orly?

Well-known people named Orly include Orly Levy (politician).

Names like Orly

Names that sound and feel close to Orly: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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