Feminine dossier · first seen 1912

Marla

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Marla
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.4% from peak

Peak era

1955

Peak rank proxy

1,725

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1912Peak 19552024

Peak year

1955

Decline from peak

95.4%

2024

All-time

38,690

Marla once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1955, when 1,725 girls were named Marla.

In 2024, only 79 girls were given the name.

Down 95.4% from its peak.

All told, about 38,690 Americans have been named Marla and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.4% from peak

19551,725 girls named Marla

202479 girls named Marla

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