Orlando
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- or-LAN-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #503 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #871 for boys
Orlando is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous land”. In 2025 it ranked 503rd for boys in the UK (85 babies) and 871st for boys in the US (275 babies).
What does Orlando mean?
Germanic: Italian form of Roland
“famous land”
Hero of Ariosto's epic Orlando Furioso; Shakespeare also gave the name to the hero of As You Like It.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Orlando a girl's or a boy's name?
Orlando is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 85 boys in the UK and 275 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orlando in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #503among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 3,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 85 boys in the UK were named Orlando, making it the 503rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 628th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 96 boys.
Half of all the boys named Orlando in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 452nd in England and Wales.
Orlando in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #503 |
| 2024 | 80 | #541 |
| 2023 | 81 | #541 |
| 2022 | 71 | #589 |
| 2021 | 96 | #477 |
| 2020 | 63 | #628 |
| 2019 | 53 | #706 |
| 2018 | 56 | #689 |
| 2017 | 52 | #739 |
| 2016 | 46 | #788 |
| 2015 | 67 | #603 |
| 2014 | 57 | #660 |
| 2013 | 64 | #608 |
| 2012 | 62 | #627 |
| 2011 | 59 | #649 |
| 2010 | 72 | #541 |
| 2009 | 52 | #672 |
| 2008 | 55 | #633 |
| 2007 | 71 | #516 |
| 2006 | 52 | #614 |
| 2005 | 64 | #493 |
| 2004 | 57 | #504 |
| 2003 | 44 | #582 |
| 2002 | 29 | #733 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 23 | #812 |
| 1999 | 23 | #782 |
| 1998 | 17 | #951 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 18 | #852 |
How popular is Orlando in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #871among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 275about 1 in 6,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 275 boys in the US were named Orlando, making it the 871st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 772nd. Its busiest year was 1987, with 877 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Orlando than any year since 1955.
Half of all the boys named Orlando in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Orlando in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 275 | #871 |
| 2024 | 289 | #843 |
| 2023 | 329 | #775 |
| 2022 | 307 | #811 |
| 2021 | 336 | #754 |
| 2020 | 307 | #772 |
| 2019 | 337 | #723 |
| 2018 | 379 | #666 |
| 2017 | 393 | #654 |
| 2016 | 430 | #623 |
| 2015 | 438 | #613 |
| 2014 | 493 | #561 |
| 2013 | 471 | #557 |
| 2012 | 590 | #460 |
| 2011 | 545 | #482 |
| 2010 | 634 | #432 |
| 2009 | 719 | #408 |
| 2008 | 697 | #419 |
| 2007 | 860 | #367 |
| 2006 | 853 | #355 |
| 2005 | 813 | #363 |
| 2004 | 779 | #360 |
| 2003 | 702 | #372 |
| 2002 | 708 | #373 |
| 2001 | 731 | #364 |
| 2000 | 634 | #401 |
| 1999 | 680 | #382 |
| 1998 | 629 | #392 |
| 1997 | 645 | #376 |
| 1996 | 649 | #368 |
| 1995 | 659 | #364 |
| 1994 | 661 | #362 |
| 1993 | 691 | #347 |
| 1992 | 663 | #357 |
| 1991 | 787 | #321 |
| 1990 | 800 | #314 |
| 1989 | 839 | #292 |
| 1988 | 875 | #269 |
| 1987 | 877 | #255 |
| 1986 | 817 | #267 |
| 1985 | 730 | #282 |
| 1984 | 661 | #301 |
| 1983 | 688 | #293 |
| 1982 | 690 | #292 |
| 1981 | 717 | #284 |
| 1980 | 743 | #283 |
| 1979 | 695 | #291 |
| 1978 | 636 | #295 |
| 1977 | 688 | #281 |
| 1976 | 651 | #288 |
| 1975 | 843 | #246 |
| 1974 | 719 | #267 |
| 1973 | 626 | #290 |
| 1972 | 628 | #293 |
| 1971 | 676 | #294 |
| 1970 | 718 | #289 |
| 1969 | 627 | #302 |
| 1968 | 651 | #290 |
| 1967 | 584 | #305 |
| 1966 | 528 | #324 |
| 1965 | 578 | #318 |
| 1964 | 606 | #315 |
| 1963 | 678 | #296 |
| 1962 | 665 | #300 |
| 1961 | 603 | #320 |
| 1960 | 451 | #371 |
| 1959 | 429 | #383 |
| 1958 | 381 | #399 |
| 1957 | 350 | #416 |
| 1956 | 342 | #411 |
| 1955 | 273 | #448 |
| 1954 | 274 | #436 |
| 1953 | 217 | #472 |
| 1952 | 173 | #536 |
| 1951 | 175 | #515 |
| 1950 | 163 | #527 |
| 1949 | 128 | #603 |
| 1948 | 109 | #646 |
| 1947 | 153 | #543 |
| 1946 | 115 | #601 |
| 1945 | 95 | #622 |
| 1944 | 83 | #679 |
| 1943 | 103 | #623 |
| 1942 | 116 | #575 |
| 1941 | 117 | #553 |
| 1940 | 115 | #550 |
| 1939 | 119 | #524 |
| 1938 | 97 | #601 |
| 1937 | 94 | #598 |
| 1936 | 97 | #586 |
| 1935 | 100 | #581 |
| 1934 | 108 | #568 |
| 1933 | 101 | #572 |
| 1932 | 88 | #644 |
| 1931 | 111 | #557 |
| 1930 | 114 | #561 |
| 1929 | 101 | #602 |
| 1928 | 137 | #516 |
| 1927 | 136 | #524 |
| 1926 | 149 | #491 |
| 1925 | 171 | #464 |
| 1924 | 175 | #464 |
| 1923 | 186 | #448 |
| 1922 | 179 | #464 |
| 1921 | 192 | #444 |
| 1920 | 181 | #448 |
| 1919 | 230 | #386 |
| 1918 | 184 | #435 |
| 1917 | 156 | #453 |
| 1916 | 121 | #517 |
| 1915 | 146 | #454 |
| 1914 | 101 | #483 |
| 1913 | 76 | #498 |
| 1912 | 68 | #474 |
| 1911 | 27 | #584 |
| 1910 | 26 | #556 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 18 | #613 |
| 1907 | 18 | #591 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 10 | #786 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 14 | #543 |
| 1893 | 11 | #615 |
| 1892 | 15 | #525 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 14 | #528 |
| 1887 | 11 | #544 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 16 | #462 |
| 1884 | 12 | #547 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 13 | #514 |
| 1881 | 19 | #389 |
| 1880 | 16 | #442 |
Nicknames for Orlando
- Lando 226 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Orlando
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hugo Lorenzo Leonardo Rocco Reggie Gabriel Rico Diego Reginald Omar Milo Lenny
Names related to Orlando
More Germanic names
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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, “Orlando: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orlando, updated 20 October 2026.