Arla
Arla is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 855th, in 1934.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 193464 births
- Best rank
- #855in 1934
- Since 1888
- 2,763people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,763 girls have been named Arla in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1934, with 64 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1930s alone account for 20%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Arla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 36 | |
| 1900s | 46 | |
| 1910s | 210 | |
| 1920s | 400 | |
| 1930s | 547 | |
| 1940s | 465 | |
| 1950s | 397 | |
| 1960s | 242 | |
| 1970s | 111 | |
| 1980s | 75 | |
| 1990s | 10 | |
| 2000s | 10 | |
| 2010s | 90 | |
| 2020s | 119 |
In 1934, its biggest year
Arla was the 855th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1934 were Mary, Betty, Barbara, Shirley and Dorothy. See all of 1934.
Names that rose and fell with Arla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ruthiepeak 1927
- Glennapeak 1951
- Fayepeak 1943
- Melvapeak 1938
- Gaynellepeak 1937
- Gaynellpeak 1952
- Lupepeak 1927
- Elodiapeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.