Marla
- #2,051 for girls in 2025, 92 births
- Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1955 · 1,725 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 38,781since 1912
Marla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marla has never cracked the top 100 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,051 | 92 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,327 | 79 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,156 | 88 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,319 | 80 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,384 | 75 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,523 | 68 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,331 | 77 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,711 | 63 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,560 | 69 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,646 | 67 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,194 | 86 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,548 | 71 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,614 | 68 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,258 | 85 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,705 | 67 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,690 | 68 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,085 | 97 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,512 | 73 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,088 | 89 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,925 | 97 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,062 | 86 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,771 | 102 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,627 | 112 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,558 | 114 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,707 | 96 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,443 | 118 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,386 | 123 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,296 | 133 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,197 | 143 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,077 | 167 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,120 | 160 | — | |
| 1992 | #999 | 189 | — | |
| 1991 | #845 | 237 | — | |
| 1990 | #802 | 250 | — | |
| 1989 | #937 | 191 | — | |
| 1988 | #797 | 232 | — | |
| 1987 | #748 | 240 | — | |
| 1986 | #780 | 217 | — | |
| 1985 | #726 | 237 | — | |
| 1984 | #645 | 271 | — | |
| 1983 | #615 | 284 | — | |
| 1982 | #560 | 328 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #529 | 359 | — | |
| 1980 | #496 | 417 | — | |
| 1979 | #478 | 425 | — | |
| 1978 | #446 | 444 | — | |
| 1977 | #414 | 494 | — | |
| 1976 | #417 | 484 | — | |
| 1975 | #365 | 568 | — | |
| 1974 | #364 | 592 | — | |
| 1973 | #298 | 788 | — | |
| 1972 | #314 | 772 | — | |
| 1971 | #293 | 956 | — | |
| 1970 | #273 | 1,090 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #270 | 1,066 | — | |
| 1968 | #249 | 1,105 | — | |
| 1967 | #257 | 1,067 | — | |
| 1966 | #271 | 957 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #296 | 901 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #295 | 971 | — | |
| 1963 | #274 | 1,087 | — | |
| 1962 | #254 | 1,236 | — | |
| 1961 | #268 | 1,138 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #272 | 1,087 | — | |
| 1959 | #258 | 1,167 | — | |
| 1958 | #247 | 1,211 | — | |
| 1957 | #231 | 1,329 | — | |
| 1956 | #207 | 1,534 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #193 | 1,725 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #224 | 1,299 | — | |
| 1953 | #262 | 957 | — | |
| 1952 | #282 | 822 | — | |
| 1951 | #294 | 716 | — | |
| 1950 | #298 | 681 | — | |
| 1949 | #367 | 458 | — | |
| 1948 | #375 | 446 | — | |
| 1947 | #391 | 418 | — | |
| 1946 | #449 | 299 | — | |
| 1945 | #476 | 229 | — | |
| 1944 | #528 | 189 | — | |
| 1943 | #558 | 182 | — | |
| 1942 | #448 | 269 | — | |
| 1941 | #494 | 198 | — | |
| 1940 | #575 | 147 | — | |
| 1939 | #633 | 115 | — | |
| 1938 | #519 | 168 | — | |
| 1937 | #585 | 132 | — | |
| 1936 | #660 | 100 | — | |
| 1935 | #937 | 55 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,292 | 31 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,244 | 33 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,116 | 41 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
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| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
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| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Marla! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1915, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marla is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Wisconsin#700 · 1 in 3,376
- Arizona#1,040 · 1 in 5,644
- Michigan#1,061 · 1 in 5,955
- Pennsylvania#1,108 · 1 in 6,670
- Tennessee#1,127 · 1 in 6,415
Best ever in a state: #86 in Oregon, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #700 | 6 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| California | #1,742 | 12 | 1 in 13,477 |
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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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 Marla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 472 spots since 2020 (#2,523 → #2,051)
- Biggest jump: 355 spots in 1935
- Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1992
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1955 at #193 (1,725 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1935–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,133
- Highest: 1 in 1,133 girls born in 1955 were named Marla (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,470 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 29.5% of all girls named Marla (11,441) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #2,634 (1912) | #2,734 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,301 (1929) | #3,599 |
| 1930s | 699 | #519 (1938) | #1,198 |
| 1940s | 2,835 | #367 (1949) | #466 |
| 1950s | 11,441 | #193 (1955) | #250 |
| 1960s | 10,615 | #249 (1968) | #271 |
| 1970s | 6,613 | #273 (1970) | #366 |
| 1980s | 2,776 | #496 (1980) | #683 |
| 1990s | 1,616 | #802 (1990) | #1,187 |
| 2000s | 905 | #1,558 (2000) | #2,102 |
| 2010s | 710 | #2,194 (2014) | #2,545 |
| 2020s | 482 | #2,051 (2025) | #2,293 |
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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