Girls' name · since 1888
Arilla
Since 1888, U.S. Social Security records show 175 babies named Arilla, peaking in 1915. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1888
- 1910s
- peak decade
Arilla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 175 recorded since 1888.
Arilla has 175 recorded births among girls since 1888, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1888 to 1939.
- #21,166 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 175 born since 1888
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arilla ranks #21,166 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 175 born since 1888, peaking in the 1910s.
- #21,166 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1888
- 1910s
- peak decade
Arilla's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arilla splits its recorded history at 1917: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1888 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–1939
- Peak year (1915)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Arilla by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (69 births, 39% of the file).
1910s was Arilla's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Arilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s
1900s
32 births
- 1910s
1910s
69 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 26
1930s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 69 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Arilla's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (69 total births) through the 1930s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1888–1939 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arilla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.