Girls' name · since 1955
Carlia
Since 1955, U.S. Social Security records show 150 babies named Carlia, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1955
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carlia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 150 recorded since 1955.
Carlia has 150 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2018.
- #22,750 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 150 born since 1955
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlia ranks #22,750 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 150 born since 1955, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,750 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 150
- born since 1955
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carlia's 150 recorded births place it above 68.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carlia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carlia's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carlia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2018
- Peak year (2010)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Carlia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Carlia's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Carlia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carlia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carlia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.