How Many People Are Named Orpha?
people named Orpha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 520,220 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,974 babies named Orpha in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
204 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ORPAH used in some translations of the Bible.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Orpha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Orpha alive today is about 71 years old, and 76% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Orpha first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 204 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Orpha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #263, in 1885.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #263 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #479 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Orpha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Orpha were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 31 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Orpha was given 8.4 times as often in West Virginia, 3.1 times in Indiana and 3.1 times in Kentucky.
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