Erla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Erla

The Social Security Administration has registered 934 babies named Erla between 1889 and 2022, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Erla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Erla performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Erla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 251 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Erla in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Erla 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 934 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.