Erla
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #12,243
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 934since 1889
Erla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Erla has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,483 | 30 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,382 | 35 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five girls were named Erla! It came in at #839, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Erla is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Erla in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Erla
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #839 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,837
- Highest: 1 in 17,837 girls born in 1889 were named Erla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 234,304 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 28.3% of all girls named Erla (264) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #839 (1889) | #839 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,583 (1896) | #1,583 |
| 1900s | 20 | #1,932 (1900) | #2,076 |
| 1910s | 157 | #1,303 (1914) | #1,887 |
| 1920s | 264 | #1,339 (1929) | #1,684 |
| 1930s | 197 | #1,372 (1934) | #1,906 |
| 1940s | 155 | #1,825 (1945) | #2,436 |
| 1950s | 65 | #3,269 (1953) | #4,457 |
| 1960s | 11 | #5,809 (1966) | #6,174 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 6 | #10,847 (1989) | #10,847 |
| 1990s | 15 | #13,386 (1995) | #13,449 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,352 (2001) | #15,352 |
| 2010s | 12 | #13,006 (2015) | #14,777 |
| 2020s | 12 | #12,243 (2022) | #13,747 |
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.
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