Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Orpha

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1917

Peak era

1917

Peak births

204

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172025

Quick answers about Orpha

An estimated 652 living Americans are named Orpha.

Orpha fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Orpha is approximately 77 years, with most bearers falling between 62 and 88 years old.

Not especially. Orpha has been declining since its 1917 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

5,974

Orpha last appeared in SSA records in 2024. Across its recorded history, about 5,974 American girls received the name.

Orpha peaked in 1917, when 204 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 5,974 Americans named Orpha since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1917

Living profile

652

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age77

Core range62–88

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.