Parla

#10,712 in 2025Girls' name

Shine!

Parla has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 2023. In 2025 it ranked #10,712 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Parla, 2025

1 in 368,000

Parla over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Parla: meaning, origin, and history

Shine!

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Parla means

Parla means “shine!”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 31 girls were recorded with the name Parla between 2023 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2024; its best national rank was #7,869 in 2024.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Parla?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 179,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,712; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Parla sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Parla. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Parlas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Parla was born before 2024 — so the typical Parla is around 1 today.

Median birth year: 2024; About 1 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 31; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (31).

Is Parla rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −2,843; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 64.3%; Peak was 2024 (14)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 55.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,869; 2024

Spellings of Parla

Parla is not the most common spelling — Pamela is, with 14.9% against Parla's <0.01%.

Pamela14.9%595,076
Maria14.1%566,111
Sara10.9%436,193
Kayla8.7%346,570
Paula7.0%280,856
Tara4.4%175,812
Pearl4.0%159,088
Carla3.8%150,390

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Parla around the world

Where Parla ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2025–2025
#5,927
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Parla by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,712
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #7,869; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 14 that year
First recorded: 2023
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 31
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Parla

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Parks Parma Parvati Mirla Pariz Paree Pareesa Parlie Parys Parmis Parul Parkyr Parizoda Pariis Parveen Paria Berla Parmida Paridhi Paryss Parisha Virla Garla Parie

Sibling names for Parla

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Leonor Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna Alysa Adelle

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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