Marla
#705 most common girls' name of all time · #1,288 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among girls
#705
Rank overall
#1,288 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
38,819
Since 2016
762
Peak year
1955 #193
Best rank
#193 1955
Girls
Boys
peak 1,730/yr
Marla first appears in 1912. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,055 |
| 2024 | 79 | — | 79 | #2,332 |
| 2023 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,158 |
| 2022 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,325 |
| 2021 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,390 |
| 2020 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,528 |
| 2019 | 77 | — | 77 | #2,333 |
| 2018 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,718 |
| 2017 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,514 |
| 2016 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,565 |
| 2015 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,652 |
| 2014 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,197 |
| 2013 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,083 |
| 2012 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2010 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,262 |
| 2009 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,708 |
| 2008 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,698 |
| 2007 | 97 | — | 97 | #2,085 |
| 2006 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,519 |
| 2005 | 89 | — | 89 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,932 |
| 2003 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,063 |
| 2002 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,773 |
| 2001 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,632 |
| 2000 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,563 |
| 1999 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,710 |
| 1998 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,445 |
| 1997 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,386 |
| 1996 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,298 |
| 1995 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,202 |
| 1994 | 167 | — | 167 | #1,077 |
| 1993 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,122 |
| 1992 | 189 | — | 189 | #1,001 |
| 1991 | 237 | — | 237 | #846 |
| 1990 | 250 | — | 250 | #804 |
| 1989 | 191 | — | 191 | #938 |
| 1988 | 232 | — | 232 | #799 |
| 1987 | 240 | — | 240 | #748 |
| 1986 | 217 | — | 217 | #781 |
| 1985 | 237 | — | 237 | #727 |
| 1984 | 271 | — | 271 | #645 |
| 1983 | 284 | — | 284 | #615 |
| 1982 | 328 | 5 | 333 | #561 |
| 1981 | 359 | — | 359 | #530 |
| 1980 | 417 | — | 417 | #496 |
| 1979 | 425 | — | 425 | #479 |
| 1978 | 444 | — | 444 | #447 |
| 1977 | 494 | — | 494 | #415 |
| 1976 | 484 | — | 484 | #417 |
| 1975 | 568 | — | 568 | #365 |
| 1974 | 592 | — | 592 | #364 |
| 1973 | 788 | — | 788 | #298 |
| 1972 | 772 | — | 772 | #314 |
| 1971 | 956 | — | 956 | #293 |
| 1970 | 1,090 | 5 | 1,095 | #273 |
| 1969 | 1,066 | — | 1,066 | #270 |
| 1968 | 1,105 | — | 1,105 | #249 |
| 1967 | 1,067 | — | 1,067 | #257 |
| 1966 | 957 | 5 | 962 | #271 |
| 1965 | 901 | 5 | 906 | #296 |
| 1964 | 971 | — | 971 | #295 |
| 1963 | 1,087 | — | 1,087 | #274 |
| 1962 | 1,236 | — | 1,236 | #254 |
| 1961 | 1,138 | 7 | 1,145 | #268 |
| 1960 | 1,087 | — | 1,087 | #272 |
| 1959 | 1,167 | — | 1,167 | #258 |
| 1958 | 1,211 | — | 1,211 | #247 |
| 1957 | 1,329 | — | 1,329 | #231 |
| 1956 | 1,534 | 6 | 1,540 | #207 |
| 1955 | 1,725 | 5 | 1,730 | #193 |
| 1954 | 1,299 | — | 1,299 | #224 |
| 1953 | 957 | — | 957 | #263 |
| 1952 | 822 | — | 822 | #282 |
| 1951 | 716 | — | 716 | #294 |
| 1950 | 681 | — | 681 | #299 |
| 1949 | 458 | — | 458 | #367 |
| 1948 | 446 | — | 446 | #375 |
| 1947 | 418 | — | 418 | #391 |
| 1946 | 299 | — | 299 | #449 |
| 1945 | 229 | — | 229 | #477 |
| 1944 | 189 | — | 189 | #528 |
| 1943 | 182 | — | 182 | #561 |
| 1942 | 269 | — | 269 | #449 |
| 1941 | 198 | — | 198 | #495 |
| 1940 | 147 | — | 147 | #578 |
| 1939 | 115 | — | 115 | #638 |
| 1938 | 168 | — | 168 | #521 |
| 1937 | 132 | — | 132 | #589 |
| 1936 | 100 | — | 100 | #661 |
| 1935 | 55 | — | 55 | #944 |
| 1934 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,309 |
| 1933 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1932 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,128 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,388 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,785 |
| 1929 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,619 |
| 1927 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,532 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,674 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,640 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,806 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,249 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,240 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,972 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,951 |