Harla — girls' name
137 babies named Harla in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Harla was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Harla in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Harla
The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Harla between 1939 and 1970, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Harla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Harla performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Harla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Harla 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 137 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.
Harla at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Harla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1939
- Peak year (1949)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
137 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 13 births in a single year.
Harla by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 67 births that decade — 49% of Harla's all-time total
Harla decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Harla's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1939–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.