How popular is the baby name Orlando in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Orlando.

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Popularity of the baby name Orlando


Posts that mention the name Orlando

Baby names with LAND: Landon, Yolanda, Wayland

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Looking for baby names that contain the word LAND?

If so, you’re in luck!

Below you’ll find a long list of names that contain the letter sequence “l-a-n-d.” Most of these names come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.

  • Aland
  • Alanda
  • Alander
  • Alandis
  • Alando
  • Alandra, Allandra
  • Alandre
  • Alandria
  • Alandus
  • Arland
  • Arlander
  • Arlando
  • Arlandria
  • Arlandus
  • Ashland
  • Bland
  • Blandina
  • Blandine
  • Blandon
  • Blandy
  • Brayland
  • Breland
  • Bryland
  • Caitland
  • Calandra, Callandra
  • Calandria
  • Carland
  • Celandine
  • Chalanda
  • Chalandra
  • Charlanda
  • Cleland
  • Cleveland, Cleaveland, Cleavland, Clevland
  • Colandra
  • Copeland
  • Cortland, Cortlandt, Courtland, Courtlandt
  • Dayland
  • Decland
  • Deland
  • Delanda
  • Delando
  • Delandra
  • Delandre
  • Delandria
  • Diland
  • Dorland
  • Durland
  • Dyland
  • Earland
  • Eiland
  • Eland
  • Elanda
  • Elandra
  • England
  • Erland
  • Eulanda
  • Falanda
  • Falando
  • Felando
  • Ferlando
  • Filandro
  • Finland
  • Freeland
  • Garland
  • Gayland, Gailand
  • Glanda
  • Graceland
  • Grantland
  • Grayland
  • Haaland
  • Harland
  • Haviland, Havilland
  • Holland
  • Horlando
  • Howland
  • Hyland, Highland
  • Jaland
  • Jalanda
  • Jayland
  • Jolanda
  • Kailand, Khailand
  • Kaitland, Kateland
  • Kalandra
  • Kalandria
  • Kayland
  • Keeland, Keyland
  • Keiland
  • Keland, Kelland
  • Kimberland
  • Kirkland
  • Kopeland
  • Kortland, Kourtland
  • Kyland, Khyland
  • Lakeland
  • Landa
  • Landan
  • Landen, Landenn
  • Lander
  • Landers
  • Landin
  • Landis
  • Lando
  • Landon, Landonn, Landdon
  • Landra
  • Landrea
  • Landria
  • Landrick, Landric
  • Landris
  • Landrum
  • Landry, Landrie, Landri, Landree, Landrey
  • Landun
  • Landy, Landie, Landi, Landee
  • Landyn, Landynn
  • Landyon
  • Layland
  • Lealand
  • Leeland, Leighland
  • Leiland
  • Leland
  • Lelandra
  • Leyland
  • Lilandra
  • Llandel
  • Lochland
  • Lolanda
  • Maitland
  • Malanda
  • Marland
  • Marlanda
  • Marlando
  • Maryland
  • Mayland
  • Melandie
  • Merland
  • Mirlande, Myrlande
  • Moreland, Morland
  • Murland
  • Nerlande
  • Newland
  • Neyland
    • Used mostly in the state of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee’s football team plays in Neyland Stadium, which was named after former head coach/athletic director Robert Neyland.
  • Noland
  • Norland
  • Oakland
  • Oland
  • Olanda
  • Olander
  • Olando
  • Orland
  • Orlanda
  • Orlander
  • Orlandis
  • Orlando
  • Orlandra
  • Orlandrea
  • Orlandria
  • Orlandus
  • Philander
  • Portland
  • Raland
  • Ralanda
  • Rawland
  • Rayland
  • Relanda
  • Reyland
  • Richland
  • Riland
  • Rockland
  • Roland, Rolland, Rowland
  • Rolanda
  • Rolandas
  • Rolande
  • Rolando
  • Rollande
  • Rosaland
  • Roseland
  • Rosiland
  • Rosland
  • Ryland, Rhyland, Ryeland
  • Salanda
  • Salandra
  • Scotland, Scottland
  • Shalanda
  • Shalandra
  • Shalandria
  • Shelanda
  • Sherlanda
  • Shlanda
  • Sholanda
  • Shulanda
  • Skyland
  • Steveland
  • Strickland
  • Sutherland
  • Talanda
  • Talandra
  • Timberland
  • Toland
  • Tolanda
  • Torland
  • Tyland, Thailand
  • Valanda
  • Verland
  • Violanda
  • Volanda
  • Yalanda
  • Ylanda
  • Yoland
  • Yolanda, Yollanda
  • Yolande
  • Yolander
  • Yolandi
  • Yolandia
  • Yolandita
  • Yolando
  • Yolandra
  • Yulanda, Youlanda
  • Yulander
  • Zayland
  • Zealand
  • Zeeland
  • Zeland

A few of the above are variant forms of more common names such as Declan, Lachlan, Melanie, and Caitlin.

Which LAND name do you like most? Let me know in the comments!

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from Fields – panoramio (42) by Alexander Reuss under CC BY 3.0.

What popularized the baby name Lanny in the 1930s?

Radio singer Lanny Ross (1906-1988)
Lanny Ross

The name Lanny had popped up several times in the U.S. baby name data before re-emerging in 1933 with two dozen baby boys:

  • 1937: 174 baby boys named Lanny [rank: 429th]
  • 1936: 133 baby boys named Lanny [rank: 493rd]
  • 1935: 123 baby boys named Lanny [rank: 520th]
  • 1934: 93 baby boys named Lanny [rank: 620th]
  • 1933: 24 baby boys named Lanny
  • 1932: unlisted
  • 1931: 8 baby boys named Lanny
  • 1930: unlisted
  • 1929: unlisted

Usage of the name continued to climb over the rest of the decade and into the next; Lanny reached its highest-ever ranking (299th) in 1942.

So, what spurred the rise of Lanny during the 1930s?

Radio singer Lanny Ross (born Lancelot Patrick Ross in Seattle in 1906).

Lanny Ross first sang over the airwaves as a member of the Yale Glee Club in 1928. Over the next few years, while attending law school at Columbia University, he gave solo performances on radio shows like Troubadour of the Moon.

When he completed his law degree in 1931, NBC offered him a radio show of his own, at a salary five times greater than that offered by a law firm that was also courting him.

He could be heard on several shows, in fact.

One of them, Maxwell House Show Boat, was a weekly, hour-long program notable for “combining a dramatic plot with music and comedy” and having a cast of more than fifty performers. Show Boat, which premiered in October of 1932, quickly became one of the top radio shows in the country — and Lanny Ross was its breakout star.

By the end of the first year, Ross was the sensation of Radio Row, propelled into front ranks by his boyish good looks (as radio fans could see on every heartthrob magazine) and his clear tenor voice.

In the summer of 1934, the readers of Radio Stars magazine voted for their favorite artists, and Lanny Ross placed second in the “male popular singer” category (after Bing Crosby).

During and after his time on Show Boat, Lanny Ross was featured on various other programs, including The Packard Hour, Your Hit Parade, and Camel Caravan. He could be heard regularly on the radio until the mid-1950s.

He also released dozens of recordings over the course of his career. For instance, here’s his rendition of the 1934 song “Stay As Sweet As You Are”:

Remarkably, several hundred of the boys named “Lanny” during the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s were given the middle name “Ross.” Some examples:

What are your thoughts on the name Lanny? Do you like it as a standalone name, or do you prefer it as a nickname (for names like Landon, Lance, Orlando, and Leonard)?

P.S. In the late 1940s, Lanny Ross hosted a television program called The Swift Show. It aired weekly on NBC — just like Girl About Town, hosted by Kyle MacDonnell.

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Image: Clipping from Radio Stars magazine (Aug. 1934)

Pop culture baby name game, 2020

Happy birthday, Elvis!

It’s hard to put into words just how bizarre 2020 was.

Despite this…people still had babies in 2020, and people still paid attention to pop culture in 2020. (In fact, thanks to quarantine, many people probably paid a lot more attention to pop culture than usual last year.) So, let’s put the seriousness of 2020 aside for a second and kick off the annual Pop Culture Baby Name Game!

Of course, “pop culture” includes not just things like movies and music and social media, but also anything that was in the news — including COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and the U.S. presidential election.

Which baby names will see higher usage — or appear for the very first time — in the 2020 SSA baby name data thanks to pop culture?

Here are some initial ideas (plus some context):

  • Aalam, DJ Khaled’s baby
  • Ahmaud, shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
  • Amala, Doja Cat album
  • Azula, character from Avatar: The Last Airbender (made available on Netflix in mid-2020)
  • Breonna, shooting of Breonna Taylor
  • Bryant, death of Kobe Bryant
  • Casme, contestant on season 19 of The Voice
  • Catori, Chris Brown’s baby (suggested by alex)
  • Chadwick, death of Chadwick Boseman
  • Charli, singer Charli XCX
  • Corona, coronavirus
    • Not to mention the brand new Daddy Yankee song “Corona” [vid]…
  • Crozier, naval captain Brett Crozier (suggested by elbowin)
  • Daisy, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s baby
  • Desz, contestant on season 19 of The Voice
  • Doja, singer Doja Cat
  • Domhnall, Irish actor on (canceled) HBO series Run
  • Dua, singer Dua Lipa
  • Esty, character on the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox
  • George, killing of George Floyd
  • Gianna, death of Gianna Bryant
  • Greta, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg
  • Isaias, hurricane
  • Jack, death of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s unborn baby
  • Kamala, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
  • Kamiyah, character in the Lifetime movie Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story*
  • Kaori, Kevin Hart’s baby
  • Katara, character from Avatar: The Last Airbender
  • Kobe, death of Kobe Bryant
  • Kraken, NHL expansion team (Seattle)
  • Larriah, contestant on season 19 of The Voice
  • Laura, hurricane
  • Lenin, Starbucks barista Lenin Gutierrez (suggested by elbowin)
  • Liberty, Meghan McCain’s baby
  • Lovella, singer Matt Bellamy’s baby
  • Lynika, death of Lynika Strozier (suggested by elbowin)
  • Lyra, Ed Sheeran’s baby
  • McGivney, beatification of Fr. Michael McGivney
  • Neowise, comet (suggested by elbowin)
  • Onyx, Iggy Azalea’s baby
  • Raddix, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden’s baby
  • Rayshard, shooting of Rayshard Brooks
  • River, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara’s baby
  • Robinette, President-elect Joseph Robinette Biden (suggested by elbowin)
  • Rona, coronavirus
  • Rue, Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert’s baby
  • Rumble, model Lucky Blue Smith’s baby
  • Ruth, death of RBG
  • Sovereign, Usher’s baby
  • Tchalla, death of Chadwick Boseman (who played T’Challa in 2018’s Black Panther)
  • Wenliang, Chinese doctor Li Wenliang (suggested by elbowin)
  • Willa, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s baby
  • Win, Ciara and Russell Wilson’s baby
  • Yara, actress Yara Shahidi
  • Zuko, character from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Some of the names from the 2019 game could be applicable to the 2020 data as well.

Also, feel free to zoom out and consider name trends this year. Here are a few ways in which baby-naming may have been influenced by our collective experience of COVID-19, for instance:

  • “In my opinion this unprecedented situation will affect naming towards something “bolder” or “more badass” baby names and so you’ll probably see a spike of certain names like King, Major or Royal.” (Gheba)
  • “I’d bet on the rise of virtue names, or at least modern version of virtue names, like Brave/Bravery, Courage, Honor, etc. And I’d say names like Legend, Messiah, Legacy, Major, King, will probably rise some more too.” (Skizzo)
  • “I think it will also affect which media influence names this year. Eg we’ll miss out on names inspired by Olympic athletes, but might see even more from Netflix and YouTube.” (Clare)

What other names (or name trends) should we add to the list? Let me know by leaving a comment below. Just remember to make a note of the pop culture influence!

I’ll post the results as soon as I can after the SSA releases the 2020 data (in May of 2021, hopefully).

*Did you know that the actress who played Kamiyah in that Lifetime movie is named Rayven Symone Ferrell? Certainly a nod to Raven-Symoné…

Where did the baby name Cepeda come from in 1963?

Baseball player Orlando Cepeda (b. 1937)
Orlando Cepeda

The baby name Cepeda surfaced in the U.S. baby name data three times, all during the 1960s:

  • 1970: unlisted
  • 1969: 9 baby boys named Cepeda
  • 1968: 8 baby boys named Cepeda
  • 1967: unlisted
  • 1966: unlisted
  • 1965: unlisted
  • 1964: unlisted
  • 1963: 7 baby boys named Cepeda [debut]
  • 1962: unlisted
  • 1961: unlisted

Where did it come from?

First baseman Orlando Cepeda, who played baseball professionally on six different teams from 1958 to 1974. He’s now part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

His surname first appeared in the data the year after he played in his first World Series. (His team, the Giants, lost to Yogi Berra‘s team, the Yankees.)

It returned to the data the year after his team (now the Cardinals) won the World Series (against the Red Sox) and he was voted National League MVP.

Orlando Cepeda was born and raised in Puerto Rico. His surname can be traced back to either of two locations in Spain that took their names from the Spanish word cepeda, which is based on cepa, meaning “tree stump.”

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Image via Wikimedia