Marla

Girl name

Marla has been given to 38,819 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It peaked in 1955.

Meaning & origin

American back-formation from Marlene, first used in the 1930s.

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

38,819

Peak year

1955 (1,730 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1912

10-year trend

▲ +37%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Marla Maples

American actress and TV personality (born 1963)

Marla Gibbs

Actress, entertainer, singer, writer, and producer (born 1931)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Marla.

38,412 babies since 1880

38,198 babies since 1880

38,017 babies since 1942

37,854 babies since 1888

37,380 babies since 1880

40,418 babies since 1880

40,973 babies since 1927

36,481 babies since 1900

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