Marla — #2324 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marla

The Social Security Administration has registered 38,690 babies named Marla between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marla currently holds the #2324 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 1,725 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marla performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 11,441 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,396 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Marla in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marla 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 38,690 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.