Carla
- #1,082 for girls in 2025, 223 births
- Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 4,781 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 150,390since 1890
Carla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,082 | 223 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,009 | 254 | — | |
| 2023 | #967 | 267 | — | |
| 2022 | #927 | 291 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,116 | 221 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,023 | 245 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,016 | 253 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,018 | 255 | — | |
| 2017 | #948 | 279 | — | |
| 2016 | #870 | 323 | — | |
| 2015 | #875 | 318 | — | |
| 2014 | #860 | 320 | — | |
| 2013 | #860 | 300 | — | |
| 2012 | #751 | 371 | — | |
| 2011 | #750 | 368 | — | |
| 2010 | #753 | 368 | — | |
| 2009 | #665 | 440 | — | |
| 2008 | #580 | 531 | — | |
| 2007 | #539 | 579 | — | |
| 2006 | #499 | 610 | — | |
| 2005 | #509 | 585 | — | |
| 2004 | #470 | 629 | — | |
| 2003 | #461 | 648 | — | |
| 2002 | #386 | 764 | — | |
| 2001 | #421 | 674 | — | |
| 2000 | #404 | 707 | — | |
| 1999 | #410 | 679 | — | |
| 1998 | #406 | 668 | — | |
| 1997 | #373 | 725 | — | |
| 1996 | #359 | 769 | — | |
| 1995 | #344 | 764 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #335 | 798 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #303 | 882 | — | |
| 1992 | #276 | 1,014 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #275 | 1,009 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #263 | 1,092 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #252 | 1,067 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #243 | 1,086 | — | |
| 1987 | #225 | 1,198 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #193 | 1,344 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #194 | 1,397 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #189 | 1,454 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #178 | 1,528 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #165 | 1,759 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #160 | 1,789 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #152 | 1,833 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #142 | 1,969 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #132 | 2,102 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #137 | 2,097 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #122 | 2,249 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #122 | 2,314 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #114 | 2,571 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #114 | 2,686 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #106 | 3,083 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #107 | 3,556 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #94 | 4,214 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #90 | 3,964 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #91 | 3,813 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #82 | 4,185 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #77 | 4,508 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #76 | 4,781 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #78 | 5,378 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #82 | 5,264 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #78 | 5,820 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #77 | 5,817 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #110 | 4,375 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #118 | 3,935 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #126 | 3,502 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #128 | 3,470 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #130 | 3,320 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #135 | 3,066 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #135 | 2,889 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #129 | 2,760 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #138 | 2,565 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #147 | 2,172 | — | |
| 1950 | #160 | 1,753 | — | |
| 1949 | #187 | 1,498 | — | |
| 1948 | #179 | 1,543 | — | |
| 1947 | #182 | 1,569 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #202 | 1,201 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #222 | 862 | — | |
| 1944 | #249 | 722 | — | |
| 1943 | #277 | 642 | — | |
| 1942 | #287 | 554 | — | |
| 1941 | #304 | 455 | — | |
| 1940 | #299 | 440 | — | |
| 1939 | #342 | 347 | — | |
| 1938 | #373 | 311 | — | |
| 1937 | #402 | 256 | — | |
| 1936 | #411 | 244 | — | |
| 1935 | #441 | 214 | — | |
| 1934 | #458 | 200 | — | |
| 1933 | #481 | 175 | — | |
| 1932 | #468 | 197 | — | |
| 1931 | #504 | 165 | — | |
| 1930 | #551 | 153 | — | |
| 1929 | #617 | 124 | — | |
| 1928 | #736 | 93 | — | |
| 1927 | #800 | 82 | — | |
| 1926 | #873 | 72 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,252 | 39 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,354 | 36 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,490 | 30 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,380 | 31 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five girls were named Carla! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carla is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Nevada#508 · 1 in 1,840
- Massachusetts#564 · 1 in 2,670
- Colorado#584 · 1 in 2,592
- California#731 · 1 in 3,851
- New York#859 · 1 in 4,352
Best ever in a state: #27 in Arkansas, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #508 | 5 | 1 in 1,840 |
| Massachusetts | #564 | 9 | 1 in 2,670 |
| Colorado | #584 | 9 | 1 in 2,592 |
| California | #731 | 42 | 1 in 3,851 |
| New York | #859 | 18 | 1 in 4,352 |
| Florida | #864 | 18 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Indiana | #916 | 6 | 1 in 4,651 |
| New Jersey | #939 | 7 | 1 in 5,071 |
| North Carolina | #973 | 9 | 1 in 5,165 |
| Texas | #982 | 29 | 1 in 5,536 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| Georgia | #1,358 | 6 | 1 in 7,535 |
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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 Carla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 59 spots since 2020 (#1,023 → #1,082)
- Biggest jump: 379 spots in 1926
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · girls
75 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1965 at #76 (4,781 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1961–1970
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1926–2017
Share of babies · girls
1 in 338
- Highest: 1 in 338 girls born in 1962 were named Carla (0.30%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,207 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #76 in 1965, was only 1 in 369 (0.27%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 31.9% of all girls named Carla (47,905) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,278 (1892) | #1,308 |
| 1900s | 54 | #1,227 (1901) | #1,624 |
| 1910s | 171 | #1,071 (1911) | #1,762 |
| 1920s | 550 | #617 (1929) | #1,232 |
| 1930s | 2,262 | #342 (1939) | #443 |
| 1940s | 9,486 | #179 (1948) | #239 |
| 1950s | 29,432 | #118 (1959) | #135 |
| 1960s | 47,905 | #76 (1965) | #84 |
| 1970s | 26,841 | #94 (1970) | #119 |
| 1980s | 14,455 | #152 (1980) | #195 |
| 1990s | 8,400 | #263 (1990) | #334 |
| 2000s | 6,167 | #386 (2002) | #493 |
| 2010s | 3,155 | #750 (2011) | #870 |
| 2020s | 1,501 | #927 (2022) | #1,021 |
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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