How Many People Are Named Orchid?
An estimated 238 people in the United States have the first name Orchid. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Orchid peaked in popularity in 2021 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Orchid as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Orchid paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
238
About 1 in 1,440,144 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2021
14 births
Total Registered
295
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Orchid
Orchid is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 295 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Orchid as a female name
Ranked #9,374 in 2024
11 female births in 2024
Peak: 2021 (14 births)
Orchid: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Orchid span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 91 babies were registered. While Orchid is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Orchid by Decade
How has Orchid tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Orchid by State
Orchid + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Orchid as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Orchid
Other first names starting with O with a similar number of bearers.
Orchid: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Orchid?
We estimate approximately 238 people named Orchid are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,440,144 Americans share this first name.
Is Orchid a common name?
Orchid is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 295 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Orchid most popular?
Orchid reached peak popularity in 2021, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Orchid is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Orchid a female name?
Orchid is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Orchid Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Orchid Smith, Orchid Johnson, Orchid Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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