The first name Marla

In 2025, 46 girls were named Marla, making it the 792nd most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2024, with 76 births (#516).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Marla with other names.

In 2025, 92 girls born in the United States were named Marla, the 2,055th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1955, when 1,725 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Marla Maples
  American actress and TV personality (born 1963)
• Marla Gibbs
  Actress, entertainer, singer, writer, and producer (born 1931)
• Marla Sokoloff
  American actress, born 1980
• Marla Adams
  American actress (1938–2024)
• Marla English
  American film actress (1935-2012)
• Marla Runyan
  Blind paralympics competitor, Athletics competitor, long distance runner, heptathlete, spr, born 1969
• Marla Heasley
  American Film/TV actress, born 1959
• Marla Frazee
  American writer and illustrator, born 1958

• Ava
• Isabella
• Elizabeth
• Jessica
• Maria
• Abigail
• Maya
• Hannah
• Elsie
• Sarah
• Aria
• Molly
• Eliza
• Leah
• Delilah
• Isabel

All 346 names of Hebrew origin

What does the name Marla mean?

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

What is the origin of the name Marla?

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

How popular is the name Marla?

In 2025, 46 girls born in England and Wales were named Marla, ranking 792nd. Its peak was 2024, with 76 births.

Is Marla a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 38,819 US babies named Marla since 1880 were girls.

When was Marla most popular?

1955 in the United States, when 1,725 babies were named Marla, its highest rank at 193rd.