Calla
#1,396 for girls in 2025, 156 births
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,408since 1880
Calla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Calla has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #1,396 | 156 |
| 2024 | #1,509 | 143 |
| 2023 | #1,603 | 130 |
| 2022 | #1,573 | 135 |
| 2021 | #1,562 | 134 |
| 2020 | #1,559 | 135 |
| 2019 | #1,833 | 111 |
| 2018 | #1,692 | 122 |
| 2017 | #1,321 | 176 |
| 2016 | #1,412 | 164 |
| 2015 | #1,566 | 140 |
| 2014 | #1,552 | 140 |
| 2013 | #1,557 | 139 |
| 2012 | #1,719 | 120 |
| 2011 | #1,909 | 104 |
| 2010 | #1,611 | 134 |
| 2009 | #1,947 | 107 |
| 2008 | #2,106 | 96 |
| 2007 | #2,163 | 92 |
| 2006 | #2,206 | 87 |
| 2005 | #2,239 | 81 |
| 2004 | #2,396 | 71 |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 |
| 2002 | #2,935 | 50 |
| 2001 | #2,304 | 69 |
| 2000 | #2,593 | 57 |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 |
| 1998 | #3,426 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,820 | 43 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 |
| 1993 | #2,533 | 49 |
| 1992 | #2,295 | 57 |
| 1991 | #2,270 | 57 |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 |
| 1987 | #2,572 | 39 |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Calla was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Calla is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Iowa#459 · 1 in 1,779
- Kansas#587 · 1 in 2,399
- South Carolina#651 · 1 in 2,959
- Virginia#697 · 1 in 3,603
- Minnesota#756 · 1 in 3,987
Best ever in a state: #409 in Wisconsin, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #459 | 7 | 1 in 1,779 |
| Kansas | #587 | 5 | 1 in 2,399 |
| South Carolina | #651 | 6 | 1 in 2,959 |
| Virginia | #697 | 10 | 1 in 3,603 |
| Minnesota | #756 | 6 | 1 in 3,987 |
| Wisconsin | #826 | 5 | 1 in 4,516 |
| Washington | #946 | 6 | 1 in 5,178 |
| Georgia | #959 | 9 | 1 in 5,236 |
| Florida | #997 | 14 | 1 in 6,140 |
| Indiana | #1,042 | 5 | 1 in 6,020 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,118 | 7 | 1 in 7,306 |
| North Carolina | #1,420 | 5 | 1 in 9,077 |
| Ohio | #1,460 | 5 | 1 in 10,355 |
| New York | #1,719 | 7 | 1 in 12,571 |
| California | #2,109 | 10 | 1 in 19,575 |
| Texas | #2,328 | 8 | 1 in 19,984 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Calla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 113 spots since 2024 (#1,509 → #1,396)
- 163 spots since 2020 (#1,559 → #1,396)
- 170 spots since 2015 (#1,566 → #1,396)
- Biggest jump: 601 spots in 1897 (#1,583 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 597 spots in 1896 (#986 → #1,583)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #623 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1880–1888
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,809
- Highest: 1 in 9,809 girls born in 2017 were named Calla (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,303 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #623 in 1881, was only 1 in 11,494 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 30.6% of all girls named Calla (1,350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 79 | #623 (1881) | #723 |
| 1890s | 83 | #872 (1890) | #1,152 |
| 1900s | 51 | #1,101 (1906) | #1,417 |
| 1910s | 97 | #1,656 (1911) | #2,449 |
| 1920s | 100 | #2,463 (1920) | #3,172 |
| 1930s | 59 | #2,644 (1932) | #3,482 |
| 1940s | 52 | #3,393 (1949) | #4,242 |
| 1950s | 111 | #2,519 (1954) | #3,943 |
| 1960s | 51 | #4,773 (1960) | #5,210 |
| 1970s | 66 | #3,863 (1974) | #6,809 |
| 1980s | 266 | #1,952 (1986) | #4,217 |
| 1990s | 440 | #2,270 (1991) | #2,842 |
| 2000s | 770 | #1,947 (2009) | #2,353 |
| 2010s | 1,350 | #1,321 (2017) | #1,617 |
| 2020s | 833 | #1,396 (2025) | #1,534 |
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.
Calla in 2017
girls
#1,321
176 births · 1 in 9,809 girls
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 9,809 of them was named Calla, which outranked 92.8% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Calla
- #1,317Bernadette177
- #1,317Betty177
- #1,317Soraya177
- #1,321Calla176
- #1,321Ayah176
- #1,321Dina176
- #1,321Kelsie176
- #1,331Audra175
- #1,331Haddie175
- #1,331Merritt175
Tied with 9 names at #1,321; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.