Marla
Girl · MAR-la · Hebrew
Marla is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 698th for girls in the UK (58 babies) and 2,051st for girls in the US (92 babies).
What does Marla mean?
Hebrew: short form of Marlene, from Maria Magdalena
Short form of Marlene, a German blend of Maria and Magdalena.
- Say it
- MAR-la
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Is Marla a girl's or a boy's name?
Marla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the UK and 92 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #698among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 4,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the UK were named Marla, making it the 698th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 745th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 83 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 792nd in England and Wales, 359th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Marla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #698 |
| 2024 | 82 | #533 |
| 2023 | 83 | #522 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 57 | #720 |
| 2020 | 54 | #745 |
| 2019 | 37 | #1,025 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 2017 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,461 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,579 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Marla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were named Marla, making it the 2,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,523rd. Its busiest year was 1955, with 1,725 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more girls named Marla than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Marla in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #2,051 |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,319 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,523 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,331 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,710 |
| 2017 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 71 | #2,548 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,613 |
| 2010 | 85 | #2,258 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,704 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,690 |
| 2007 | 97 | #2,085 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 89 | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 97 | #1,924 |
| 2003 | 86 | #2,060 |
| 2002 | 102 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 112 | #1,626 |
| 2000 | 114 | #1,556 |
| 1999 | 96 | #1,705 |
| 1998 | 118 | #1,441 |
| 1997 | 123 | #1,384 |
| 1996 | 133 | #1,294 |
| 1995 | 143 | #1,194 |
| 1994 | 167 | #1,075 |
| 1993 | 160 | #1,118 |
| 1992 | 189 | #997 |
| 1991 | 237 | #843 |
| 1990 | 250 | #801 |
| 1989 | 191 | #934 |
| 1988 | 232 | #797 |
| 1987 | 240 | #748 |
| 1986 | 217 | #780 |
| 1985 | 237 | #726 |
| 1984 | 271 | #645 |
| 1983 | 284 | #615 |
| 1982 | 328 | #560 |
| 1981 | 359 | #529 |
| 1980 | 417 | #496 |
| 1979 | 425 | #478 |
| 1978 | 444 | #446 |
| 1977 | 494 | #414 |
| 1976 | 484 | #417 |
| 1975 | 568 | #365 |
| 1974 | 592 | #364 |
| 1973 | 788 | #298 |
| 1972 | 772 | #314 |
| 1971 | 956 | #293 |
| 1970 | 1,090 | #273 |
| 1969 | 1,066 | #270 |
| 1968 | 1,105 | #249 |
| 1967 | 1,067 | #257 |
| 1966 | 957 | #271 |
| 1965 | 901 | #296 |
| 1964 | 971 | #295 |
| 1963 | 1,087 | #274 |
| 1962 | 1,236 | #254 |
| 1961 | 1,138 | #268 |
| 1960 | 1,087 | #272 |
| 1959 | 1,167 | #258 |
| 1958 | 1,211 | #247 |
| 1957 | 1,329 | #231 |
| 1956 | 1,534 | #207 |
| 1955 | 1,725 | #193 |
| 1954 | 1,299 | #224 |
| 1953 | 957 | #262 |
| 1952 | 822 | #282 |
| 1951 | 716 | #294 |
| 1950 | 681 | #298 |
| 1949 | 458 | #367 |
| 1948 | 446 | #375 |
| 1947 | 418 | #391 |
| 1946 | 299 | #449 |
| 1945 | 229 | #476 |
| 1944 | 189 | #528 |
| 1943 | 182 | #558 |
| 1942 | 269 | #448 |
| 1941 | 198 | #494 |
| 1940 | 147 | #575 |
| 1939 | 115 | #633 |
| 1938 | 168 | #519 |
| 1937 | 132 | #585 |
| 1936 | 100 | #660 |
| 1935 | 55 | #937 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,292 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,244 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,116 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
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