girl's name

Orelia

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,168

Orelia is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1920, when 27 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 331,565 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1887.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Orelia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Orelia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 14
1890s 62
1900s 90
1910s 153
1920s 191
1930s 130
1940s 104
1950s 96
1960s 41
1970s 39
1980s 28
2010s 20
2020s (to 2025) 23

How popular is Orelia?

In 2025, Orelia was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Orelia is used

Canada #2,955 7 in 2023
England & Wales #3,007 9 in 2025
France as Orélia #5,268 5 in 2024
United States #10,031 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Orelia is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Orélia Orélia is a rare spelling of Orelia, written with an acute accent and recorded about 25 times, mostly in France. 25

Names that peaked alongside Orelia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Orelia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Orelia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Orelia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Orelia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Orelia

How popular is the name Orelia?

In 2025, Orelia was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Orelia a girl's or a boy's name?

Orelia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Orelia?

Orelia has 4 syllables.

When was Orelia most popular?

Orelia peaked in 1920, when 27 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Orelia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Orelia currently ranks #3,007 in the United States. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.