# Arla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,806 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17 / 2,789 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,143, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 15,041 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,173 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16,844 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,790 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10,993 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,052 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,499 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,806 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,395 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,896 |
| 2021 | 27 | 4,854 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,808 |
| 2023 | 20 | 5,988 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,171 |
| 2025 | 26 | 4,998 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 6 | 3,535 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,187 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,612 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 39 | 923 |
| 2016 | 56 | 719 |
| 2017 | 74 | 576 |
| 2018 | 115 | 387 |
| 2019 | 123 | 358 |
| 2020 | 114 | 385 |
| 2021 | 140 | 339 |
| 2022 | 127 | 340 |
| 2023 | 114 | 366 |
| 2024 | 105 | 408 |
| 2025 | 82 | 483 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.