Arla — #5142 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Arla

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,763 babies named Arla between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arla currently holds the #5142 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arla performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 547 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Arla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 98 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Arla in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,763 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.