Orchid
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- OR-kid
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Orchid is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “orchid flower”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Orchid mean?
English: flower name, from Greek orchis
“orchid flower”
The word comes from Greek orchis, after the shape of the plant's paired root tubers.
Is Orchid a girl's or a boy's name?
Orchid is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orchid in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 girls.
Orchid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
How popular is Orchid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Orchid, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the girls named Orchid in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Orchid in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
Names like Orchid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa Oluwatamilore Oluwadarasimi Oluwanifemi Chisom Kamsiyochukwu Ireoluwa Temiloluwa Ifeoluwa Aoife Inioluwa Anjolaoluwa
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Orchid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orchid, updated 20 October 2026.