Marla Girl
How popular is Marla?
#2,051 girl name in 2025
92 baby girls were named Marla in the US in 2025, making it the 2051st most popular girl name.
Marla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,051 for girls (▲ 276 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 92 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,646 in 2015, #2,523 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1955 (1,725 girls) |
| Highest rank | #193 in 1955 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marla family of names ranked #1,440 for girls in 2025 (#1,601 the year before), with 114 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marla | 92 | 81% |
| Marilla | 13 | 11% |
| Marella | 9 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marla is most popular
Babies named Marla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Marla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #2,632 |
| 1920s | 73 | #2,300 |
| 1930s | 699 | #519 |
| 1940s | 2,835 | #367 |
| 1950s | 11,441 | #193 |
| 1960s | 10,615 | #249 |
| 1970s | 6,613 | #273 |
| 1980s | 2,776 | #496 |
| 1990s | 1,616 | #801 |
| 2000s | 905 | #1,556 |
| 2010s | 710 | #2,194 |
| 2020s | 482 | #2,051 |
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Questions
- Is Marla a boy or girl name?
- Marla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marla were girls.
- How popular is the name Marla?
- 92 baby girls were named Marla in the US in 2025, making it the 2051st most popular girl name.
- When was Marla most popular?
- Marla peaked in 1955, when 1,725 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #193 in 1955.
- How many people are named Marla?
- 38,819 babies have been named Marla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 33,493 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 61.
- Where is Marla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marla was most common in Michigan, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.