Girls' name · since 1880
Marilla
802 babies named Marilla in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,889 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 802
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marilla is the #7889 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 802 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Marilla recorded 802 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #7889 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #8,702 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,889 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 802 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marilla ranks #8,702 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,889 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 802 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,889 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 802
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Marilla's 802 recorded births place it above 87.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marilla compares
802 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marilla's all-time total is 113% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marilla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 802 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marilla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marilla's SSA record in two at 1939 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marilla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Marilla by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (104 births, 13% of the file).
1920s was Marilla's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 13% of all-time use.
Marilla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 29
1880s
29 births
- 1890s
1890s
57 births
- 1900s
1900s
42 births
- 1910s
1910s
94 births
- 1920s
1920s
104 births
- 1930s
1930s
79 births
- 1940s
1940s
72 births
- 1950s 38
1950s
38 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 104 births (13% of all-time use).
How Marilla compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marilla's total volume
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What to do with Marilla's data
- Marilla's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marilla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Marilla 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.