Oriana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- or-ee-AH-na
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,107 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,777 for girls
Oriana is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 1,777th for girls in the US (113 babies).
What does Oriana mean?
Spanish: from the medieval romance Amadis de Gaula
Oriana is the heroine of the romance Amadis de Gaula; Elizabethan poets used the name for Queen Elizabeth I.
Is Oriana a girl's or a boy's name?
Oriana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 113 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Oriana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,107th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Oriana, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 38 girls.
Half of all the girls named Oriana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were given Oriana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #1,107 for this spelling alone.
- Oriana 32
- Orianna 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Oriana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 38 | #988 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,480 |
| 2019 | 34 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,402 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Oriana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,777th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 113 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 113 girls in the US were named Oriana, making it the 1,777th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,196th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 150 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Oriana in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 166 girls in the US were given Oriana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #1,777 for this spelling alone.
- Oriana 113
- Orianna 53
Oriana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,777 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2023 | 132 | #1,586 |
| 2022 | 111 | #1,828 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,584 |
| 2020 | 82 | #2,196 |
| 2019 | 89 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 104 | #1,915 |
| 2017 | 108 | #1,876 |
| 2016 | 123 | #1,719 |
| 2015 | 104 | #1,937 |
| 2014 | 97 | #2,027 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,385 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,190 |
| 2010 | 98 | #2,028 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,419 |
| 2007 | 101 | #2,015 |
| 2006 | 77 | #2,419 |
| 2005 | 78 | #2,294 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,870 |
| 2003 | 150 | #1,347 |
| 2002 | 89 | #1,966 |
| 2001 | 103 | #1,736 |
| 2000 | 102 | #1,715 |
| 1999 | 103 | #1,619 |
| 1998 | 133 | #1,322 |
| 1997 | 117 | #1,417 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,790 |
| 1995 | 80 | #1,783 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,994 |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,171 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 60 | #2,183 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
Nicknames for Oriana
- Ria 49 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Oriana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Ariana, Sienna, Kiara, Ariella, Aria, Arabella, Orla, Isabella, Amara, Liliana, Alora
Other spellings of Oriana
Names related to Oriana
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Oriana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/oriana, updated 20 October 2026.