Boy
Orlando
Rooted in Italian, Orlando is a boy's name that means "Italian form of Roland". It found its footing in the 1980s and has not drifted far since. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. 1987 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
ItalianItalian form of Roland
EtymologyMeaning "famous land"
Births by decade
1900s
130
1910s
1,135
1920s
1,606
1930s
1,030
1940s
1,133
1950s
2,773
1960s
6,022
1970s
6,967
1980s
7,712
1990s
6,895
2000s
7,494
2010s
3,984
Peaked in the 1980s · 46,881 total U.S. births since 1900