Hello, worldnames
Hello, my name isGirlBoy

Marla

Rank in 2024
#2,325
Born in 2024
79
Peak year
1955 · #193
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020
Hover or tap the chart for any year. Per 1,000 adjusts for how many babies were born that year.
Compare Marla with other names

Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 79 girls were named Marla, about 1 in every 20,420.
  • It peaked in 1955 with 1,725 babies, ranked #193.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 38,690 girls have been named Marla since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Marla per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.5
    Boomers
  4. 0.5
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 67 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 1,935 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 18,581 babies, 0.52 per 1,000. Gen X: 12,126 babies, 0.47 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,639 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,466 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 876 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

American back-formation from Marlene, first used in the 1930s.

  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Marla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Marley

    Rank
    #287
    Born '24
    1,100
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20082024
  • GirlBoySteady

    Marlee

    Rank
    #509
    Born '24
    602
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20082024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Mariela

    Rank
    #1,321
    Born '24
    173
    Origin
    Spanish
    1880peak 19922024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marlie

    Rank
    #1,581
    Born '24
    133
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20092024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marlo

    Rank
    #1,704
    Born '24
    119
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19702024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marli

    Rank
    #2,050
    Born '24
    94
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20082024