Charla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Charla

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,026 babies named Charla between 1917 and 2023, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Charla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 219 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Charla performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,869 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Charla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,092 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Charla in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Charla 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 8,026 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.