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Arla

Girl · AR-la · Modern

Arla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 460th for girls in the UK (95 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).

Where does Arla come from?

Modern: modern name; compare Orla and Arlo

Say it
AR-la

More on Wiktionary.

Is Arla a girl's or a boy's name?

Arla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arla in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#460among girls
Babies in 2025
95about 1 in 2,900 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 95 girls in the UK were named Arla, making it the 460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 381st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 160 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Arla than any year since 2017.

Half of all the girls named Arla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 103 girls in the UK were given Arla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #428, up from #460 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 483rd in England and Wales and 272nd in Scotland.

2008Busiest: 160 in 20212025
Arla in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202595#460
2024124#385
2023128#368
2022146#331
2021160#328
2020127#381
2019129#373
2018126#390
201782#577
201664#707
201543#915
201415#1,976
201310#2,599
201212#2,319
20116#3,737
20106#3,715
20097#3,201
20084#4,742

How popular is Arla in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,986among girls
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 62,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Arla, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1934, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.

Half of all the girls named Arla in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1959, the years shaded on the chart below.

1888Busiest: 64 in 19342025
Arla in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#4,986
202425#5,145
202320#5,955
202221#5,790
202127#4,829
202026#4,878
201915#7,338
201821#5,781
201715#7,438
20167#12,871
20159#10,861
20146#14,552
20135#16,542
20126#14,956
20116#14,816
20100–
20090–
20085#17,498
20070–
20060–
20055#16,455
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
199110#7,980
19900–
19895#12,356
19885#11,792
19875#11,320
19865#10,907
19859#6,952
19840–
198313#5,147
19828#7,467
19819#6,802
198016#4,516
19797#8,059
19789#6,384
197712#5,212
19768#6,609
197512#4,852
19745#8,773
197313#4,361
197210#5,108
197115#3,941
197020#3,208
196914#3,773
196822#2,708
196716#3,210
196628#2,248
196522#2,604
196427#2,347
196334#2,014
196228#2,263
196116#3,188
196035#1,924
195937#1,819
195827#2,166
195730#1,988
195636#1,759
195545#1,515
195432#1,835
195346#1,438
195240#1,522
195160#1,202
195044#1,374
194937#1,511
194856#1,208
194740#1,487
194648#1,238
194538#1,291
194432#1,432
194358#1,048
194243#1,206
194162#934
194051#997
193953#974
193848#1,031
193754#940
193656#909
193556#925
193464#855
193354#923
193256#940
193146#1,028
193060#941
192943#1,119
192849#1,069
192750#1,079
192648#1,079
192540#1,225
192440#1,258
192331#1,464
192230#1,508
192144#1,148
192025#1,666
191931#1,393
191833#1,333
191733#1,261
191630#1,332
191531#1,258
191416#1,665
19137#2,538
19129#1,980
191111#1,450
19109#1,634
19090–
19085#2,101
19076#1,820
19066#1,727
19050–
19047#1,485
19036#1,592
19020–
190111#1,007
19005#1,931
18995#1,595
189810#1,098
18978#1,167
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18917#1,093
18906#1,209
18890–
18885#1,276

Names like Arla

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