Recorded 2004–2018 Girls' name Peak 2018 18 births

Karlah — girls' name

18 babies named Karlah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s112010s7
2000s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Karlah was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

7 babies were named Karlah in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Karlah

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Karlah between 2004 and 2018, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karlah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karlah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Karlah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karlah 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 18 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.

Karlah at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

18

Since 2004

15 years of records

Peak year

2018

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2004

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2018

Karlah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2004

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2018)
7
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201820082004 5

Karlah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
11 births that decade — 61% of Karlah's all-time total
2000s112010s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Karlah?
18 babies have been named Karlah since 2004. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2018 with 7 births.
When was Karlah most popular?
Karlah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Karlah been used?
Karlah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 15 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Karlah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Karen, Kara, Karla, Karina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2004–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.