Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Arla

Gender

Female

Origin

Norse
Variant of Carlene and Charlene.
English

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Arla

Pronunciation

a-rla, ar-la

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1930 (rank #3593, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1934 (rank #855, 64 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4987, 26 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–26
2024–25
2023–20
2022–21
2021–27
2020–26
2019–15
2018–21
2017–15
2016–7

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #339, 140 births); most recent 2025 (rank #483, 82 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202582
2024105
2023114
2022127
2021140
2020114
2019123
2018115
201774
201656

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #4694, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20194
20184
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #590, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20255
20243
20234
20223
20213
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #205, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #272, 13 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202513
202419
202314
202219
202120
202013
20196
201811
20178
20168

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence