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.
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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 34,811 of them was named Arla, which outranked 74.2% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,298Valentine31
- #1,298Vennie31
- #1,298Verta31
- #1,332Arla30
- #1,332Adelene30
- #1,332Ammie30
- #1,332Arrie30
- #1,357Aliene29
- #1,357Alvira29
- #1,357Alyne29
Tied with 24 names at #1,332; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 148,347 of them was named Arla, which outranked 22.5% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).