Marilla

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births

Peak · girls
1882 · 7 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
802
since 1880

Marilla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marilla has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #740, 1882girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#10,2719
2023#9,61610
2022#4,90727
2021#8,97811
2020#7,21215
2019#10,4739
2018#6,79217
2017#12,7137
2016#8,87512
2015#10,8669
2014#10,9559
2013#8,13514
2012#11,2579
2011
2010
2009#11,4599
2008#12,5798
2007#12,6768
2006#17,1685
2005#11,8348
2004#11,6248
2003
2002
2001#15,3525
2000#11,8017
1999#12,6886
1998
1997
1996#11,8076
1995
1994#11,7786
1993#13,4425
1992#13,3175
1991
1990#12,9585
1989#9,6817
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981#10,4115
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970#6,3627
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963#5,8916
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958#4,8907
1957#5,3776
1956
1955
1954#4,6557
1953#5,6735
1952#5,5635
1951#4,0118
1950
1949#5,2445
1948
1947#5,2955
1946#3,03411
1945#4,5565
1944#2,28715
1943#4,1966
1942#2,81711
1941
1940#2,20314
1939#2,9229
1938#3,8476
1937#3,1468
1936#3,7016
1935#2,73110
1934#3,1598
1933#2,8689
1932#3,0479
1931#4,3315
1930#3,0559
1929#2,92110
1928#4,1956
1927#2,43314
1926#2,56913
1925#3,3629
1924#2,21217
1923#3,3509
1922#4,0117
1921#3,4009
1920#3,09710
1919#3,8177
1918#2,82211
1917#4,5945
1916#2,83310
1915#1,96416
1914#1,89613
1913#1,88311
1912#1,9819
1911#2,4635
1910#1,9357
1909#1,7637
1908#1,6767
1907
1906#1,5537
1905
1904
1903#1,5926
1902#1,4387
1901#1,2278
1900
1899
1898#1,00912
1897#89513
1896
1895#1,2997
1894#1,1368
1893
1892#1,2786
1891#1,3325
1890#1,2106
1889#1,1476
1888#1,2765
1887
1886
1885
1884#9306
1883
1882#7407
1881
1880#8365
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.

Where Marilla is popular in 1884

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Marilla
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s29#740 (1882)#986
1890s57#895 (1897)#1,166
1900s42#1,227 (1901)#1,542
1910s94#1,883 (1913)#2,619
1920s104#2,212 (1924)#3,155
1930s79#2,731 (1935)#3,281
1940s72#2,203 (1940)#3,704
1950s38#4,011 (1951)#5,028
1960s6#5,891 (1963)#5,891
1970s7#6,362 (1970)#6,362
1980s12#9,681 (1989)#10,046
1990s33#11,778 (1994)#12,665
2000s58#11,459 (2009)#13,062
2010s86#6,792 (2018)#10,008
2020s85#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.

Marilla in 1884

girls
#930
6 births · 1 in 21,503 girls

Top girls' names in 1884

  1. #1Mary9,217
  2. #2Anna3,860
  3. #3Emma2,587
  4. #4Elizabeth2,549
  5. #5Minnie2,243
  6. #6Margaret2,142
  7. #7Ida1,882
  8. #8Clara1,852
  9. #9Bertha1,789
  10. #10Annie1,739
  11. #930Marilla6
More about 1884

girls

129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 21,503 of them was named Marilla, which outranked 20.6% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marilla
  1. #851Walter7
  2. #851Zelda7
  3. #851Zina7
  4. #930Marilla6
  5. #930Abby6
  6. #930Amber6
  7. #930Annabell6
  8. #1,024Adrienne5
  9. #1,024Albert5
  10. #1,024Albertina5

Tied with 93 names at #930; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 686Belva#920#234
  2. 364Anner#920#556
  3. 354Nella#817#463
  4. 337Guadalupe#920#583
  5. 337Nelia#920#583
Fallers
  1. 488Roxy#536#1,024
  2. 463Fredericka#561#1,024
  3. 445Albert#579#1,024
  4. 409Roseanna#615#1,024
  5. 373Delpha#651#1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1884