How Many People Are Named Orlando?
people named Orlando are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,207 people in the US has this name
Based on 49,696 babies named Orlando in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
889 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian form of ROLAND. A city in Florida bears this name, as does a character in Shakespeare's play 'As You like It' (1599).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Orlando, 0.6% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Orlando alive today is about 36 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 51 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Orlando first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1987, to 889 babies. In 2025, 275 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Orlando has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #246, in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #873.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #873 |
| Best rank | #246 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #276 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Orlando alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Orlando were born in Texas than in any other state: about 7,158 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Orlando was given 7.4 times as often in New Mexico, 2.2 times in Arizona and 2.1 times in Texas.
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