girl's name

Erla

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 967

Erla is a girl's name. In 2022 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1924, when 35 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1889.

Erla over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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Births named Erla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 10
1890s 5
1900s 20
1910s 157
1920s 264
1930s 197
1940s 155
1950s 65
1960s 11
1980s 6
1990s 15
2000s 5
2010s 12
2020s (to 2022) 12

How popular is Erla?

In 2022, Erla was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Erla is used

France #6,392 5 in 2021
England & Wales #6,631 3 in 2023
United States #12,614 7 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Erla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Erla also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Erla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Erla

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Erla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Erla

How popular is the name Erla?

In 2022, Erla was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Erla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Erla most popular?

Erla peaked in 1924, when 35 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.