girls:
129 births since 1885
#5587 (2nd percentile)
boys:
17 births since 1883
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
146 births since 1883
#7593 (2nd percentile)
The name Orra is the #7,593 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 146 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,587 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 129 births since 1885. For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1883.
Orra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for boys and 1885 for girls). Birth data for Orra is available in 21 out of the 46 years between 1883 and 1928 (20 years for girls and 3 years for boys). 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.
The name Orra has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.4% of all recorded births being female. In 1928, 100.0% of babies named Orra were girls. Interestingly, until around 1886, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1883 to 1885), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (91.2% girls from 1886 to 1928).
For girls, Orra reached its peak popularity in 1888, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #279) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 1888, with 53 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1928.
For boys, Orra reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #533) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1883, with 44 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1919.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Orra".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Orra is pronounced as AW-ruh, which has 2 syllables.
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