Carla Girl
How popular is Carla?
#1,082 girl name in 2025
223 baby girls were named Carla in the US in 2025, making it the 1082nd most popular girl name.
Carla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,082 for girls (▼ 73 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 223 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #875 in 2015, #1,023 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1962 (5,820 girls) |
| Highest rank | #76 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karla family of names ranked #507 for girls in 2025 (#456 the year before), with 571 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Carla is most popular
Babies named Carla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (118 girls)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (212 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (203 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (41 girls)
Carla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #1,278 |
| 1900s | 54 | #1,227 |
| 1910s | 171 | #1,071 |
| 1920s | 550 | #617 |
| 1930s | 2,262 | #342 |
| 1940s | 9,486 | #179 |
| 1950s | 29,432 | #118 |
| 1960s | 47,905 | #76 |
| 1970s | 26,841 | #94 |
| 1980s | 14,455 | #152 |
| 1990s | 8,400 | #263 |
| 2000s | 6,167 | #386 |
| 2010s | 3,155 | #750 |
| 2020s | 1,501 | #927 |
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Questions
- Is Carla a boy or girl name?
- Carla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carla were girls.
- How popular is the name Carla?
- 223 baby girls were named Carla in the US in 2025, making it the 1082nd most popular girl name.
- When was Carla most popular?
- Carla peaked in 1962, when 5,820 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #76 in 1965.
- How many people are named Carla?
- 150,815 babies have been named Carla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 132,424 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 59.
- Where is Carla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carla was most common in Arizona, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.