Calla — #1515 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Calla

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,251 babies named Calla between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calla currently holds the #1515 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 176 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calla performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,350 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Calla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 215 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Calla in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,251 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.