Ornella

Popularity Trends

The name Ornella is the #7,512 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 227 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 2.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,489 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 227 births since 1968.

Ornella first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (first recorded for girls in 1968). Birth data for Ornella is available in 31 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Ornella reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #924) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ornella ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 73.5% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ornella".

1968 2023 19682023

Key Statistics

Total Births

227

Peak Births

Peak Year

2013

First Recorded

1968

Peak Percentile

0.8%

Current Percentile

0.3%

Peak Rank

#924

Current Rank

#944

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ornella", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Ornella.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Ornella's popularity from 1965 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Ornella at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Ornella range from Yazen at 88.8% correlation to Zohaib at 87.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 87.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Blaze with 8.4K births (93% boys) and the least popular is Yazen with 369 births (100% boys).

Ornella's share of births peaked at 6.2 births per million for girls in 2013. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (40% of peak) in 1991. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Ornella had 4.6 births per million, 73% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Yazen

369

88.81% (very strong)

Arye

406

88.35% (very strong)

Jewels

1,190

87.82% (very strong)

Blaze

8,384

87.70% (very strong)

Areej

577

87.69% (very strong)

Israa

621

87.67% (very strong)

Zakariah

939

87.56% (very strong)

Kyrell

822

87.56% (very strong)

Jesslyn

2,545

87.42% (very strong)

Niccolo

975

87.39% (very strong)

Khairi

507

87.24% (very strong)

Zohaib

488

87.11% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Ornella

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ornella. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 77.8% confident that Ornella is pronounced as or-NEH-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is OR-NEH-luh, at 11.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.

or-NEH-luh

77.8%

OR-NEH-luh

11.1%

OR-neh-luh

11.1%

or-NEH-luh (3 syllables)

Verified

77.8% confidence

AO0 R N EH1 L AH0

OR-NEH-luh (3 syllables)

11.1% confidence

AO1 R N EH1 L AH0

OR-neh-luh (3 syllables)

11.1% confidence

AO1 R N EH0 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AO0 R N EH1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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