Cala
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 30 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 502since 1950
Cala over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Cala has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five girls were named Cala! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cala is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Cala in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,015 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,107)
- 561 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #10,107)
- 1,728 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #10,107)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1990 at #3,523 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 63,285
- Highest: 1 in 63,285 girls born in 1990 were named Cala (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 36.9% of all girls named Cala (185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #5,301 (1950) | #5,301 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 108 | #3,690 (1988) | #5,987 |
| 1990s | 185 | #3,523 (1990) | #5,468 |
| 2000s | 92 | #7,317 (2001) | #11,083 |
| 2010s | 57 | #7,436 (2011) | #12,499 |
| 2020s | 55 | #9,546 (2020) | #10,177 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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