Recorded 1983–2019 Girls' name Peak 2000 245 births

Kla — girls' name

245 babies named Kla in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s191990s1082000s762010s42
1990s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Kla was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

16 babies were named Kla in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kla

The Social Security Administration has registered 245 babies named Kla between 1983 and 2019, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kla performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kla 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 245 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.

Kla at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

245

Since 1983

37 years of records

Peak year

2000

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1983

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1983

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2000)
16
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
05101520 20192012200620011997199319891983 5

Kla by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
108 births that decade — 44% of Kla's all-time total
1980s191990s1082000s762010s42

Kla by state

Where Kla concentrates geographically — total births since 1983

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kla
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.0%
California share of Kla's total US births 2.0%

5 of 245 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kla?
245 babies have been named Kla since 1983. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2000 with 16 births.
When was Kla most popular?
Kla was most popular in the 1990s decade with 108 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Kla most popular?
The top states for the name Kla are California (5 births).
How long has the name Kla been used?
Kla has been recorded in Social Security data since 1983, spanning 37 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kla?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Klara, Klarissa, Klaire, Klaudia, 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, 1983–2019 (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.