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Arla

girl name
Origin
Uncertain
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

meaning not yet verified

How popular is Arla around the world?

In the United States, 145 babies were named Arla between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 19 girls named Arla were registered in 2024, the 196th most common name among girls that year.

Arla is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, England and Wales, Ireland, South Australia, Canada and Austria.

United States

1 in 150,000

In the United States, 145 babies were named Arla between 2020 and 2025.

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Arla has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Scotland

1 in 2,400

In Scotland, 19 girls named Arla were registered in 2024, the 196th most common name among girls that year.

2010peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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England and Wales

1 in 7,100

In England and Wales, 82 girls named Arla were born in 2025, the 483rd most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Ireland

1 in 11,000

In Ireland, 5 girls named Arla were born in 2025, the 608th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Arla in 2017.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Canada

1 in 61,000

In Canada, 6 girls named Arla were born in 2024, ranked 3,027th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 girl named Arla was born in 2025, ranked 1,875th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Not on 10 other recordsWhy
  • Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, New Zealand and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
  • Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
  • Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years.
  • Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.
  • Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Arla

People given the name Arla in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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