Orlee
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Orlee has been given to 46 babies in the U.S. since 1919. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1923, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% girls, 11% boys all-time.
Babies named Orlee, 1986
1 in 711,000
Orlee over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Orlee over time
In 1986, Orlee went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Orlee?
Orlee had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1986, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1986
- 1 in 711,000
- 5 of 3,556,724 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 343,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 1986
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 493,068 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Orlee sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1986 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 493,068 children born in 1986 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Orlee. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Orlees were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Orlee was born before 1927 — so the typical Orlee is around 98 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1920s
- 51.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 24.4%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 10
- People you could plausibly meet
1920s — 51.2% of all recorded uses (21).
Is Orlee rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
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- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1923 (11)
- Years since peak
- 102
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Very steady
- 0% average annual change
Spellings of Orlee
Orlee is not the most common spelling — Arlene is, with 27.2% against Orlee's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Orlee by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Orlee
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Orlee
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.