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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| 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 | — | — | ||
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 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#42 · 1 in 175
- West Virginia#55 · 1 in 242
- Alabama#62 · 1 in 267
- Georgia#63 · 1 in 284
- North Carolina#64 · 1 in 314
Best ever in a state: #27 in Arkansas, 1970.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #42 | 71 | 1 in 175 |
| West Virginia | #55 | 47 | 1 in 242 |
| Alabama | #62 | 86 | 1 in 267 |
| Georgia | #63 | 120 | 1 in 284 |
| North Carolina | #64 | 111 | 1 in 314 |
| Missouri | #65 | 101 | 1 in 289 |
| Kentucky | #69 | 69 | 1 in 336 |
| Mississippi | #74 | 56 | 1 in 293 |
| Tennessee | #76 | 79 | 1 in 347 |
| Oklahoma | #78 | 46 | 1 in 334 |
| Louisiana | #82 | 72 | 1 in 357 |
| Wyoming | #85 | 7 | 1 in 239 |
| South Carolina | #87 | 50 | 1 in 368 |
| Ohio | #91 | 175 | 1 in 401 |
| District of Columbia | #94 | 20 | 1 in 319 |
| New Mexico | #94 | 20 | 1 in 372 |
| Delaware | #97 | 8 | 1 in 337 |
| Florida | #97 | 102 | 1 in 421 |
| Montana | #97 | 11 | 1 in 342 |
| Nevada | #97 | 8 | 1 in 314 |
| Virginia | #97 | 66 | 1 in 425 |
| Indiana | #101 | 78 | 1 in 455 |
| South Dakota | #105 | 10 | 1 in 375 |
| Idaho | #114 | 12 | 1 in 404 |
| Connecticut | #116 | 29 | 1 in 507 |
| Illinois | #118 | 139 | 1 in 505 |
| Minnesota | #120 | 43 | 1 in 530 |
| Texas | #125 | 166 | 1 in 568 |
| Colorado | #126 | 29 | 1 in 540 |
| Maryland | #126 | 34 | 1 in 553 |
| Kansas | #128 | 22 | 1 in 544 |
| Wisconsin | #129 | 44 | 1 in 611 |
| Oregon | #133 | 22 | 1 in 560 |
| Arizona | #135 | 27 | 1 in 547 |
| Iowa | #135 | 29 | 1 in 562 |
| Massachusetts | #136 | 47 | 1 in 675 |
| Michigan | #136 | 99 | 1 in 595 |
| Nebraska | #139 | 16 | 1 in 564 |
| Pennsylvania | #140 | 101 | 1 in 669 |
| New Hampshire | #150 | 6 | 1 in 697 |
| New Jersey | #151 | 51 | 1 in 749 |
| California | #156 | 175 | 1 in 747 |
| Maine | #163 | 8 | 1 in 743 |
| North Dakota | #163 | 6 | 1 in 634 |
| New York | #174 | 118 | 1 in 876 |
| Hawaii | #178 | 8 | 1 in 567 |
| Rhode Island | #182 | 5 | 1 in 936 |
| Washington | #194 | 20 | 1 in 939 |
| Utah | #211 | 11 | 1 in 987 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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
- 73 spots since 2024 (#1,009 → #1,082)
- 59 spots since 2020 (#1,023 → #1,082)
- 207 spots since 2015 (#875 → #1,082)
- Biggest jump: 379 spots in 1926 (#1,252 → #873)
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2013 (#751 → #860)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1965 at #76 (4,781 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1961–1970
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1926–2017
- 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
- 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.
Carla in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 543 of them was named Carla, which outranked 98.8% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 194,822 of them was named Carla, which outranked 37.1% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,445Yvonne9
- #3,445Zenon9
- #3,445Zoran9
- #3,694Carla8
- #3,694Abayomi8
- #3,694Adarryll8
- #3,694Adin8
- #4,054Aaran7
- #4,054Abron7
- #4,054Adair7
Tied with 359 names at #3,694; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.