Orly
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- OR-lee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Orly is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Orly mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew or 'light' + li 'to me'
“my light”
A modern Israeli name built from or, 'light', and li, 'to me' or 'mine'.
Is Orly a girl's or a boy's name?
Orly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Orly in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Orly, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Orly in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Orly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
How popular is Orly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,660th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Orly, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Orly in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Orly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
- Orly 29
- Orli 22
Orly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Orly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Cassidy, Keira, Caoimhe, Ocean, Kiara, Orla, Aoibheann, Aoife, Quinn, Fiadh, Riley
Other spellings of Orly
Names related to Orly
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Orly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/orly, updated 20 October 2026.