Kala — #8475 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kala

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,670 babies named Kala between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kala currently holds the #8475 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 525 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,996 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 427 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kala in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kala 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 7,670 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.