Marla
Marla is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 79 births. Its best rank was 193rd, in 1955.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 790.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19551,725 births
- Best rank
- #193in 1955
- Since 1912
- 38,690people given the name
The story in the numbers
38,690 girls have been named Marla in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1955, with 1,725 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1950s alone account for 30%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | |
| 1920s | 73 | |
| 1930s | 699 | |
| 1940s | 2,835 | |
| 1950s | 11,441 | |
| 1960s | 10,615 | |
| 1970s | 6,613 | |
| 1980s | 2,777 | |
| 1990s | 1,616 | |
| 2000s | 905 | |
| 2010s | 710 | |
| 2020s | 390 |
In 1955, its biggest year
Marla was the 193rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1955 were Mary, Deborah, Linda, Debra and Susan. See all of 1955.
Names that rose and fell with Marla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jerripeak 1957
- Denicepeak 1957
- Jeripeak 1957
- Lynettepeak 1965
- Valoriepeak 1958
- Cherripeak 1961
- Sherriepeak 1962
- Belindapeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.