Earla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Earla

The Social Security Administration has registered 742 babies named Earla between 1912 and 1969, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Earla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Earla performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Earla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Earla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Earla 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 742 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.