Karla — #730 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Karla

The Social Security Administration has registered 91,241 babies named Karla between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karla currently holds the #730 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 2,060 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karla performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 17,716 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Karla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,652 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Karla in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karla 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 91,241 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.