Arla Girl
How popular is Arla?
#4,986 girl name in 2025
26 baby girls were named Arla in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
1,417living people named Arla (est.)
69median age of people named Arla
2,806babies named Arla since 1880
1 in 127,513US babies born in 2025
Arla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,986 for girls (▲ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+189% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #10,861 in 2015, #4,878 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1934 (64 girls) |
| Highest rank | #855 in 1934 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Arla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Arla family of names ranked #2,528 for girls in 2025 (#2,108 the year before), with 44 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Arla | 26 | 59% |
| Arella | 13 | 30% |
| Arylah | 5 | 11% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Arla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 36 | #1,093 |
| 1900s | 46 | #1,007 |
| 1910s | 210 | #1,258 |
| 1920s | 400 | #1,069 |
| 1930s | 547 | #855 |
| 1940s | 465 | #934 |
| 1950s | 397 | #1,202 |
| 1960s | 242 | #1,924 |
| 1970s | 111 | #3,208 |
| 1980s | 75 | #4,516 |
| 1990s | 10 | #7,980 |
| 2000s | 10 | #16,455 |
| 2010s | 90 | #5,781 |
| 2020s | 145 | #4,829 |
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Questions
- Is Arla a boy or girl name?
- Arla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Arla were girls.
- How popular is the name Arla?
- 26 baby girls were named Arla in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
- When was Arla most popular?
- Arla peaked in 1934, when 64 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #855 in 1934.
- How many people are named Arla?
- 2,806 babies have been named Arla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,417 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 69.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.