Girls' name · since 1959
Decarla
116 babies named Decarla in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Decarla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 116 recorded since 1959.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Decarla has been recorded 116 times among girls since 1959, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1983.
- #25,501 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 116 born since 1959
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Decarla ranks #25,501 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 1959, peaking in the 1960s.
- #25,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Decarla's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Decarla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Decarla's full recorded timeline at 1969, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1965 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Decarla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1983
- Peak year (1965)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Decarla by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (55 births, 47% of the file).
1960s was Decarla's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Decarla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 55 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Decarla's decade-level peak was the 1960s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Decarla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1959–1983 (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 Decarla 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.