Arla

#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · Last seen for boys in 1930 at #3,592
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 64 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,789
since 1888

Arla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Arla has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #855, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,98726—
2024#5,14825—
2023#5,96020—
2022#5,79321—
2021#4,83327—
2020#4,88026—
2019#7,34215—
2018#5,78521—
2017#7,44215—
2016#12,8767—
2015#10,8669—
2014#14,5586—
2013#16,5475—
2012#14,9626—
2011#14,8246—
2010——
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2008#17,5045—
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2005#16,4625—
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1991#7,98710—
1990——
1989#12,3625—
1988#11,7985—
1987#11,3255—
1986#10,9125—
1985#6,9559—
1984——
1983#5,14813—
1982#7,4698—
1981#6,8049—
1980#4,51716—
1979#8,0617—
1978#6,3859—
1977#5,21312—
1976#6,6118—
1975#4,85412—
1974#8,7755—
1973#4,36213—
1972#5,10910—
1971#3,94315—
1970#3,20820—
1969#3,77414—
1968#2,70822—
1967#3,21116—
1966#2,24928—
1965#2,60522—
1964#2,34827—
1963#2,01534—
1962#2,26428—
1961#3,18916—
1960#1,92535—
1959#1,82037—
1958#2,16727—
1957#1,98930—
1956#1,76036—
1955#1,51645—
1954#1,83632—
1953#1,43946—
1952#1,52340—
1951#1,20360—
1950#1,37544—
1949#1,51237—
1948#1,20956—
1947#1,48840—
1946#1,23948—
1945#1,29238—
1944#1,43332—
1943#1,04858—
1942#1,20643—
1941#93462—
1940#99751—
1939#97453—
1938#1,03148—
1937#94054—
1936#90956—
1935#92556—
1934#85564—
1933#92354—
1932#94056—
1931#1,02846—
1930#94160#3,5926
1929#1,11943—
1928#1,06949—
1927#1,07950—
1926#1,07948—
1925#1,22540—
1924#1,25840—
1923#1,46431—
1922#1,50830—
1921#1,14844—
1920#1,66625—
1919#1,39331#4,1685
1918#1,33333—
1917#1,26133—
1916#1,33230#3,5166
1915#1,25831—
1914#1,66516—
1913#2,5407—
1912#1,9819—
1911#1,45011—
1910#1,6349—
1909——
1908#2,1015—
1907#1,8216—
1906#1,7276—
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1904#1,4867—
1903#1,5926—
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1901#1,00711—
1900#1,9325—
1899#1,5965—
1898#1,09810—
1897#1,1678—
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1891#1,0937—
1890#1,2106—
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1888#1,2765—
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Arla! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Arla is popular in 1915

No state had 5 or more girls named Arla in 1915, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Arla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 161 spots since 2024 (#5,148 → #4,987)
  • 107 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #4,987)
  • 5,879 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #4,987)
  • Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1930 (#1,119 → #941)
  • Biggest drop: 272 spots in 1942 (#934 → #1,206)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1934 at #855 (64 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1932–1937
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,316
  • Highest: 1 in 16,316 girls born in 1934 were named Arla (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 19.6% of all girls named Arla (547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s36#1,093 (1891)#1,233
1900s46#1,007 (1901)#1,667
1910s210#1,258 (1915)#1,585
1920s400#1,069 (1928)#1,262
1930s547#855 (1934)#947
1940s465#934 (1941)#1,236
1950s397#1,203 (1951)#1,663
1960s242#1,925 (1960)#2,629
1970s111#3,208 (1970)#5,652
1980s75#4,517 (1980)#8,588
1990s10#7,987 (1991)#7,987
2000s10#16,462 (2005)#16,983
2010s90#5,785 (2018)#11,689
2020s145#4,833 (2021)#5,267

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Arla in 1915

girls
#1,258
31 births · 1 in 31,737 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #1,258Arla31
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 31,737 of them was named Arla, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arla
  1. #1,231Vienna32
  2. #1,231Yola32
  3. #1,231Zelpha32
  4. #1,258Arla31
  5. #1,258Allean31
  6. #1,258Arvella31
  7. #1,258Buelah31
  8. #1,285Aimee30
  9. #1,285America30
  10. #1,285Aretha30

Tied with 26 names at #1,258; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915 →