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
- Peak · girls
- 1934 · 64 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,789since 1888
Arla over time
Rank among girls' names. Arla has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,516 | 45 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,523 | 40 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,203 | 60 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,239 | 48 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 | — | |
| 1941 | #934 | 62 | — | |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 | — | |
| 1939 | #974 | 53 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 | — | |
| 1937 | #940 | 54 | — | |
| 1936 | #909 | 56 | — | |
| 1935 | #925 | 56 | — | |
| 1934 | #855 | 64 | — | |
| 1933 | #923 | 54 | — | |
| 1932 | #940 | 56 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,028 | 46 | — | |
| 1930 | #941 | 60 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #1,119 | 43 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,069 | 49 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,079 | 50 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,079 | 48 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,258 | 40 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,508 | 30 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#141 · 1 in 706
- North Dakota#199 · 1 in 1,182
- Nebraska#274 · 1 in 2,182
- Iowa#347 · 1 in 3,747
- Pennsylvania#476 · 1 in 9,116
Best ever in a state: #141 in South Dakota, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #141 | 8 | 1 in 706 |
| North Dakota | #199 | 5 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Nebraska | #274 | 5 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Iowa | #347 | 5 | 1 in 3,747 |
| Pennsylvania | #476 | 9 | 1 in 9,116 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Arla
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1934 at #855 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1932–1937
- 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%)
- 19.6% of all girls named Arla (547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 36 | #1,093 (1891) | #1,233 |
| 1900s | 46 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,667 |
| 1910s | 210 | #1,258 (1915) | #1,585 |
| 1920s | 400 | #1,069 (1928) | #1,262 |
| 1930s | 547 | #855 (1934) | #947 |
| 1940s | 465 | #934 (1941) | #1,236 |
| 1950s | 397 | #1,203 (1951) | #1,663 |
| 1960s | 242 | #1,925 (1960) | #2,629 |
| 1970s | 111 | #3,208 (1970) | #5,652 |
| 1980s | 75 | #4,517 (1980) | #8,588 |
| 1990s | 10 | #7,987 (1991) | #7,987 |
| 2000s | 10 | #16,462 (2005) | #16,983 |
| 2010s | 90 | #5,785 (2018) | #11,689 |
| 2020s | 145 | #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 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 18,765 of them was named Arla, which outranked 82.1% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 182,896 of them was named Arla, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).