Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Arla

#3,594 most common girls' name of all time · #6,141 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1888–2025

Rank among girls
#3,594
Rank overall
#6,141 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
2,806
Since 2016
203
Peak year
1930 #946
Best rank
#857 1934
Girls Boys peak 66/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Arla first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 26 26 #4,996
2024 25 25 #5,162
2023 20 20 #5,976
2022 21 21 #5,805
2021 27 27 #4,842
2020 26 26 #4,892
2019 15 15 #7,360
2018 21 21 #5,803
2017 15 15 #7,465
2016 7 7 #12,925
2015 9 9 #10,904
2014 6 6 #14,624
2013 5 5 #16,628
2012 6 6 #15,022
2011 6 6 #14,879
2008 5 5 #17,581
2005 5 5 #16,534
1991 10 10 #8,030
1989 5 5 #12,446
1988 5 5 #11,878
1987 5 5 #11,422
1986 5 5 #11,000
1985 9 9 #6,994
1983 13 13 #5,176
1982 8 8 #7,514
1981 9 9 #6,862
1980 16 16 #4,539
1979 7 7 #8,113
1978 9 9 #6,432
1977 12 12 #5,244
1976 8 8 #6,667
1975 12 12 #4,884
1974 5 5 #8,857
1973 13 13 #4,389
1972 10 10 #5,147
1971 15 15 #3,965
1970 20 20 #3,220
1969 14 14 #3,797
1968 22 22 #2,723
1967 16 16 #3,231
1966 28 28 #2,261
1965 22 22 #2,618
1964 27 27 #2,364
1963 34 34 #2,028
1962 28 28 #2,273
1961 16 16 #3,215
1960 35 35 #1,932
1959 37 37 #1,831
1958 27 27 #2,181
1957 30 30 #2,000
1956 36 36 #1,770
1955 45 45 #1,521
1954 32 32 #1,846
1953 46 46 #1,448
1952 40 40 #1,528
1951 60 60 #1,206
1950 44 44 #1,383
1949 37 37 #1,523
1948 56 56 #1,214
1947 40 40 #1,500
1946 48 48 #1,246
1945 38 38 #1,299
1944 32 32 #1,444
1943 58 58 #1,051
1942 43 43 #1,217
1941 62 62 #937
1940 51 51 #1,002
1939 53 53 #979
1938 48 48 #1,038
1937 54 54 #943
1936 56 56 #917
1935 56 56 #933
1934 64 64 #857
1933 54 54 #930
1932 56 56 #950
1931 46 46 #1,036
1930 60 6 66 #946
1929 43 43 #1,132
1928 49 49 #1,075
1927 50 50 #1,081
1926 48 48 #1,090
1925 40 40 #1,236
1924 40 40 #1,263
1923 31 31 #1,475
1922 30 30 #1,519
1921 44 44 #1,162
1920 25 25 #1,682
1919 31 5 36 #1,409
1918 33 33 #1,347
1917 33 33 #1,269
1916 30 6 36 #1,348
1915 31 31 #1,270
1914 16 16 #1,700
1913 7 7 #2,615
1912 9 9 #2,041
1911 11 11 #1,504
1910 9 9 #1,701
1908 5 5 #2,198
1907 6 6 #1,911
1906 6 6 #1,826
1904 7 7 #1,572
1903 6 6 #1,692
1901 11 11 #1,058
1900 5 5 #2,020
1899 5 5 #1,715
1898 10 10 #1,154
1897 8 8 #1,237
1891 7 7 #1,186
1890 6 6 #1,301
1888 5 5 #1,399