Marilla
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 802since 1880
Marilla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marilla has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Marilla was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,386 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #7,885)
- 673 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #7,885)
- 2,981 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #7,885)
- Biggest drop: 114 spots in 1898 (#895 → #1,009)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1897
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,407
- Highest: 1 in 15,407 girls born in 1882 were named Marilla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 13.0% of all girls named Marilla (104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | #740 (1882) | #986 |
| 1890s | 57 | #895 (1897) | #1,166 |
| 1900s | 42 | #1,227 (1901) | #1,542 |
| 1910s | 94 | #1,883 (1913) | #2,619 |
| 1920s | 104 | #2,212 (1924) | #3,155 |
| 1930s | 79 | #2,731 (1935) | #3,281 |
| 1940s | 72 | #2,203 (1940) | #3,704 |
| 1950s | 38 | #4,011 (1951) | #5,028 |
| 1960s | 6 | #5,891 (1963) | #5,891 |
| 1970s | 7 | #6,362 (1970) | #6,362 |
| 1980s | 12 | #9,681 (1989) | #10,046 |
| 1990s | 33 | #11,778 (1994) | #12,665 |
| 2000s | 58 | #11,459 (2009) | #13,062 |
| 2010s | 86 | #6,792 (2018) | #10,008 |
| 2020s | 85 | #4,907 (2022) | #8,145 |
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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