Girls' name · since 1939
Harla
Harla has 137 recorded births since 1939 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1949 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
137 girls have been named Harla since 1939, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harla has been recorded 137 times among girls since 1939, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 1970.
- #23,704 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 137 born since 1939
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harla ranks #23,704 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1939, peaking in the 1940s.
- #23,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 137
- born since 1939
- 1940s
- peak decade
Harla's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Harla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Harla splits its recorded history at 1948: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1940 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1949 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Harla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1970
- Peak year (1949)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Harla by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (67 births, 49% of the file).
1940s was Harla's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Harla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s
1940s
67 births
- 1950s
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 67 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Harla's data
- Harla's decade-level peak was the 1940s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Harla: 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 (~31 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, 1939–1970 (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 Harla 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.