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.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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