Marla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marla: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #476, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#476highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3824
1998	#2165
2000	#1995
2002	#2105
2003	#1628
2004	#3197
2005	#2247
2006	#1748
2007	#2627
2008	#2022
2009	#2019
2010	#1993
2011	#1729
2012	#1583
2013	#1484
2014	#1798
2015	#1279
2016	#1211
2017	#1021
2018	#1343
2019	#996
2020	#749
2021	#755
2022	#940
2023	#536
2024	#516

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #476 among girls in Scotland, #516 among girls in England and Wales, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #516 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	87	9 of 10	10
2010s	233	10 of 10	23
2020sbusiest	284	5 of 10	57

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 57 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2022 and 2023, when recorded births rose by 36, from 37 to 73.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #476 in Scotland in 2024.

Marla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#516	76	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#536	73	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#940	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#755	49	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#749	49	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#996	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1021	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1211	28	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #476, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 76 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alya · #476, 29y
Naia · #476, 25y
Zoha · #476, 29y
Matty · #478, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alya · #476, 29y
Amarachi · #476, 28y
Rya · #476, 19y
Zoha · #476, 29y

Marla was ranked #476 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marla without appearing here.

Marla moved ahead of

George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3197 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #5545.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1583 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1484 and #4050.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2019 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #4012.
Carmel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1798 and #1798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1279 and #3252.

Moved ahead of Marla

Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2627 and #1573.
Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2165 and #2701 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1995 and #1313.
Ida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1995 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #1442.

Moved the opposite way to Marla

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marla went from #2350 to #516 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marla went from #2350 to #516 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marla went from #2350 to #516 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marla went from #2350 to #516 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Marla

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marla went from #2350 to #516 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marla went from #2350 to #516 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marla went from #2350 to #516 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marla went from #2350 to #516 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #476 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Marla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Marla at a glance

Marla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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