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Marla Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Marla?

In 2018 the rare name Marla, ranked the 2,713th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Marla is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #193 in 1955 with 1,724 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Marla in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1924.

Approximately during the years 1928-1938, 1939-1942, and 1944-1955, the name Marla took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1961-1964, 1968-1974, 1979-1985, 1996-1999, 2000-2003, and 2010-2013.

Sometimes the name Marla has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Marla's popularity has been moving downward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Marla has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Marla?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Marla is quite distinctive but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Marla has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Marla (Girl)Marla (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 63 2,713 < 5 --
2017 71 2,521 < 5 --
2016 69 2,576 < 5 --
2015 66 2,698 < 5 --
2014 86 2,207 < 5 --
2013 53 3,109 < 5 --
2012 71 2,557 < 5 --
2011 67 2,651 < 5 --
2010 85 2,267 < 5 --
2009 67 2,719 < 5 --
2008 68 2,710 < 5 --
2007 97 2,093 < 5 --
2006 73 2,524 < 5 --
2005 88 2,112 < 5 --
2004 97 1,935 < 5 --
2003 86 2,078 < 5 --
2002 102 1,776 < 5 --
2001 112 1,638 < 5 --
2000 114 1,567 < 5 --
1999 96 1,711 < 5 --
1998 118 1,451 < 5 --
1997 123 1,387 < 5 --
1996 133 1,305 < 5 --
1995 143 1,207 < 5 --
1994 167 1,080 < 5 --
1993 160 1,122 < 5 --
1992 189 1,003 < 5 --
1991 237 846 < 5 --
1990 250 806 < 5 --
1989 191 937 < 5 --
1988 232 798 < 5 --
1987 239 750 < 5 --
1986 217 782 < 5 --
1985 237 729 < 5 --
1984 271 646 < 5 --
1983 284 615 < 5 --
1982 328 560 5 6,993
1981 360 529 < 5 --
1980 417 495 < 5 --
1979 425 480 < 5 --
1978 444 448 < 5 --
1977 494 415 < 5 --
1976 484 418 < 5 --
1975 569 365 < 5 --
1974 590 364 < 5 --
1973 788 298 < 5 --
1972 772 314 < 5 --
1971 956 293 < 5 --
1970 1,090 273 5 5,182
1969 1,066 270 < 5 --
1968 1,105 249 < 5 --
1967 1,066 257 < 5 --
1966 957 271 5 4,311
1965 901 296 5 4,249
1964 970 295 < 5 --
1963 1,088 274 < 5 --
1962 1,236 254 < 5 --
1961 1,138 267 7 3,561
1960 1,086 272 < 5 --
1959 1,168 258 < 5 --
1958 1,210 247 < 5 --
1957 1,328 231 < 5 --
1956 1,534 207 6 3,790
1955 1,724 193 5 4,191
1954 1,297 224 < 5 --
1953 957 262 < 5 --
1952 822 282 < 5 --
1951 717 294 < 5 --
1950 681 299 < 5 --
1949 458 367 < 5 --
1948 446 375 < 5 --
1947 418 391 < 5 --
1946 299 449 < 5 --
1945 230 475 < 5 --
1944 189 528 < 5 --
1943 182 561 < 5 --
1942 269 449 < 5 --
1941 198 495 < 5 --
1940 147 577 < 5 --
1939 115 638 < 5 --
1938 168 520 < 5 --
1937 133 586 < 5 --
1936 99 664 < 5 --
1935 55 944 < 5 --
1934 31 1,306 < 5 --
1933 33 1,253 < 5 --
1932 41 1,123 < 5 --
1931 13 2,381 < 5 --
1930 11 2,798 < 5 --
1929 14 2,390 < 5 --
1928 8 3,640 < 5 --
1927 14 2,504 < 5 --
1926 13 2,660 < 5 --
1925 6 4,764 < 5 --
1924 < 5 -- < 5 --
1923 8 3,850 < 5 --
1922 5 5,505 < 5 --
1921 < 5 -- < 5 --
1920 5 5,480 < 5 --
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1916 10 2,955 < 5 --
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1912 6 2,849 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.