Orlando

Meaning: Famous land
Origin: Italian (from Frankish via Old French) — Variant of Roland

Boy's name · #873 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Orlando's best rank, #246, came in 1975; it has settled back to #873 today. Roughly 49,000 boys have been named Orlando since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#316 in Mexico (2024) · #460 in England & Wales (2025) · #558 in Ecuador (2025) · #784 in Switzerland (2025) · #785 in Belgium (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,179 in Austria (2025) · #2,063 in France (2025) · #3,126 in Canada (2024).

Famous Orlandos

Orlando Bloom — English actor and model
Orlando Jones — American stand-up comedian
Orlando Gibbons — English composer, virginalist and organist (1583–1625)
Orlando Engelaar — Dutch footballer (born 1979)
Orlando Peçanha — Brazilian footballer (1935–2010)

In stories & tradition

Orlando — As You Like It
Orlando Reeves — American soldier
Orlando Campano — Overlord (novel series)

What Orlandos become

Among 901 notable people named Orlando:

Sports figures appear 1.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer (born 1979).

Similar names: Rolando · Quincy · Armando · Lance · Alfredo · Ernesto

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