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How popular is the name Marla?

Births per year, rank history and how many Marlas are alive today.

Marla (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 792nd in 2025 with 46 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2024, when 76 babies were given the name, the 516th most popular that year. Numbers have been rising in recent years.

The Marla you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Marlas born in England and Wales are between 3 and 14, and there are at least 710 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Marla - on average, only one in every 444 such rooms contains a Marla.

How many babies are named Marla each year?

020406080200020201996: 61997: 31998: 72000: 82002: 82003: 122004: 52005: 92006: 132007: 82008: 122009: 122010: 132011: 162012: 192013: 212014: 162015: 262016: 282017: 352018: 242019: 352020: 492021: 492022: 372023: 732024: 762025: 46actual

Where does Marla rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3501997: ranked 3,8241998: ranked 2,1652000: ranked 1,9952002: ranked 2,1052003: ranked 1,6282004: ranked 3,1972005: ranked 2,2472006: ranked 1,7482007: ranked 2,6272008: ranked 2,0222009: ranked 2,0192010: ranked 1,9932011: ranked 1,7292012: ranked 1,5832013: ranked 1,4842014: ranked 1,7982015: ranked 1,2792016: ranked 1,2112017: ranked 1,0212018: ranked 1,3432019: ranked 9962020: ranked 7492021: ranked 7552022: ranked 9402023: ranked 5362024: ranked 5162025: ranked 792

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Marla most popular?

Marla peaked in 2024, when 76 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Marla?

At least 710 people named Marla born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Marla?

Most living Marlas are between 3 and 14; the most common age is about 2.

Is Marla becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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