How popular is the name Marla?

Marla ranks 626th among girls' names in US records, with 38,803 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 744.

Is Marla a unisex name?

No. Marla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1955, when 1,725 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Marle. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#626 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 R L AH0 (ARPABET)

Marla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1912. It has been given to 38,803 children — the 626th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1955, when 1,725 children were given it.

Marle is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1955Girls: 1,725Boys: 5

These spellings sound identical to Marla and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Marla?: Marla ranks 626th among girls' names in US records, with 38,803 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 744.
Is Marla a unisex name?: No. Marla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Marla most popular?: 1955, when 1,725 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Marla spelled?: Marle. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.