Arla
Arla was the 4998th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 855th with 64 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,995 places. More babies were named Arla in the 1930s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,998 girls, down 102 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 193464 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,806babies recorded
Arla popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 17 since 1916.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,998 | 26 |
| 2020 | #4,896 | 26 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #4,531 | 16 |
| 1970 | #3,216 | 20 |
| 1960 | #1,925 | 35 |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 |
| 1940 | #998 | 51 |
| 1930 | #942 | 60 |
| 1920 | #1,670 | 25 |
| 1910 | #1,643 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,221 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Arla, counting every spelling?
Arla has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Arla?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Arla (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Arla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Arla.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Arla?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Arla are alive today, with a median age of 67; half are between 48 and 78. That makes Arla a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Arla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arla, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Arla
How popular is the name Arla?
Arla was the 4998th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 1934, when it ranked 855th with 64 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 5,995 places. More babies were named Arla in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Is Arla a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Arla in the US.