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 1934
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#156 · 1 in 807
- Minnesota#277 · 1 in 2,716
- Iowa#326 · 1 in 3,618
- Michigan#338 · 1 in 4,067
- Wisconsin#343 · 1 in 4,431
Best ever in a state: #141 in South Dakota, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #156 | 7 | 1 in 807 |
| Minnesota | #277 | 7 | 1 in 2,716 |
| Iowa | #326 | 5 | 1 in 3,618 |
| Michigan | #338 | 9 | 1 in 4,067 |
| Wisconsin | #343 | 5 | 1 in 4,431 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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 1934
Top girls' names in 1934
More about 1934
girls
1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 16,316 of them was named Arla, which outranked 82.8% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).