girl's name

Marilla

  • Origin Latin
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 842

Marilla is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Marilla is a name of Latin origin.
  • Peaked in 2022, when 27 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Marilla 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 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Marilla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 29
1890s 57
1900s 42
1910s 94
1920s 104
1930s 79
1940s 72
1950s 38
1960s 6
1970s 7
1980s 12
1990s 33
2000s 58
2010s 86
2020s (to 2025) 85

How popular is Marilla?

In 2025, Marilla was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Marilla is used

France #1,785 5 in 1959
Canada #3,910 5 in 2024
England & Wales #7,053 3 in 2023
United States #8,211 13 in 2025

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 Marilla

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

Parents who like Marilla also like

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

Sibling names for Marilla

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

Common questions about Marilla

How popular is the name Marilla?

In 2025, Marilla was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Marilla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Marilla?

Marilla has 3 syllables.

When was Marilla most popular?

Marilla peaked in 2022, when 27 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Marilla a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marilla currently ranks #3,910 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.