Carla

#1,082 for girls in 2025, 223 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1965 · 4,781 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
150,390
since 1890

Carla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #76, 1965girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,082223
2024#1,009254
2023#967267
2022#927291
2021#1,116221
2020#1,023245
2019#1,016253
2018#1,018255
2017#948279
2016#870323
2015#875318
2014#860320
2013#860300
2012#751371
2011#750368
2010#753368
2009#665440
2008#580531
2007#539579
2006#499610
2005#509585
2004#470629
2003#461648
2002#386764
2001#421674
2000#404707
1999#410679
1998#406668
1997#373725
1996#359769
1995#344764#8,8685
1994#335798#7,7706
1993#303882
1992#2761,014#6,6707
1991#2751,009#5,09610
1990#2631,092#6,4157
1989#2521,067#5,1659
1988#2431,086
1987#2251,198#4,23910
1986#1931,344#3,88211
1985#1941,397#3,80511
1984#1891,454#3,45912
1983#1781,528#3,23013
1982#1651,759#3,48212
1981#1601,789#3,03014
1980#1521,833#3,43012
1979#1421,969#4,0689
1978#1322,102#4,5547
1977#1372,097#4,1648
1976#1222,249#2,94613
1975#1222,314#3,42810
1974#1142,571#3,31810
1973#1142,686#3,6948
1972#1063,083#3,9637
1971#1073,556#3,14610
1970#944,214#2,29316
1969#903,964#3,9356
1968#913,813#2,10915
1967#824,185#1,80919
1966#774,508#1,89117
1965#764,781#2,17814
1964#785,378#3,0508
1963#825,264#2,41412
1962#785,820#3,0418
1961#775,817#2,40912
1960#1104,375#3,0778
1959#1183,935#3,2907
1958#1263,502#3,0338
1957#1283,470#3,0248
1956#1303,320#3,2167
1955#1353,066#3,2017
1954#1352,889#2,7439
1953#1292,760#3,1437
1952#1382,565#3,7345
1951#1472,172
1950#1601,753
1949#1871,498
1948#1791,543
1947#1821,569#3,7335
1946#2021,201#3,1736
1945#222862
1944#249722
1943#277642
1942#287554
1941#304455
1940#299440
1939#342347
1938#373311
1937#402256
1936#411244
1935#441214
1934#458200
1933#481175
1932#468197
1931#504165
1930#551153
1929#617124
1928#73693
1927#80082
1926#87372
1925#1,25239
1924#1,35436
1923#1,49030
1922#2,02719
1921#1,54329
1920#1,62626
1919#2,15616
1918#1,38031
1917#1,77320
1916#1,68921
1915#1,52323
1914#1,60317
1913#1,67013
1912#2,9795
1911#1,07117
1910#1,7738
1909#1,6078
1908#1,6767
1907
1906#1,22910
1905#1,9315
1904
1903#1,7925
1902#1,5946
1901#1,2278
1900#1,9325
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892#1,2786
1891
1890#1,3385
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Carla! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Carla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 73 spots since 2024 (#1,009#1,082)
  • 59 spots since 2020 (#1,023#1,082)
  • 207 spots since 2015 (#875#1,082)
  • Biggest jump: 379 spots in 1926 (#1,252#873)
  • Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2013 (#751#860)
Rise & fade · girls
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1965 at #76 (4,781 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1961–1970
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1926–2017
Share of babies · girls
1 in 338
  • Highest: 1 in 338 girls born in 1962 were named Carla (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,207 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #76 in 1965, was only 1 in 369 (0.27%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 31.9% of all girls named Carla (47,905) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s11#1,278 (1892)#1,308
1900s54#1,227 (1901)#1,624
1910s171#1,071 (1911)#1,762
1920s550#617 (1929)#1,232
1930s2,262#342 (1939)#443
1940s9,486#179 (1948)#239
1950s29,432#118 (1959)#135
1960s47,905#76 (1965)#84
1970s26,841#94 (1970)#119
1980s14,455#152 (1980)#195
1990s8,400#263 (1990)#334
2000s6,167#386 (2002)#493
2010s3,155#750 (2011)#870
2020s1,501#927 (2022)#1,021

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carla in 1959

girls
#118
3,935 births · 1 in 514 girls
boys
#3,290
7 births · 1 in 304,931 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #118Carla3,935

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #3,290Carla7
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 514 of them was named Carla, which outranked 98.4% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carla
  1. #115Jo4,052
  2. #116Julia3,940
  3. #116Regina3,940
  4. #118Carla3,935
  5. #119Sarah3,869
  6. #120Sylvia3,853
  7. #121Tamara3,799
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 1,090Alesia#1,985#895
  2. 948Tori#1,791#843
  3. 440Taryn#1,211#771
  4. 437Venus#1,007#570
  5. 393Vilma#1,364#971
Fallers
  1. 283Dani#961#1,244
  2. 257Nicki#973#1,230
  3. 235Lanita#973#1,208
  4. 219Concetta#973#1,192
  5. 197Gisele#766#963

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 304,931 of them was named Carla, which outranked 28.0% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carla
  1. #3,037Yaakov8
  2. #3,037Yogi8
  3. #3,037Zach8
  4. #3,290Carla7
  5. #3,290Achille7
  6. #3,290Aharon7
  7. #3,290Alessandro7
  8. #3,619Addie6
  9. #3,619Agustine6
  10. #3,619Alban6

Tied with 328 names at #3,290; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. 2,208Efrem#3,033#825
  2. 901Darin#1,677#776
  3. 871Yancy#1,557#686
  4. 708Raynard#1,677#969
  5. 644Darrin#1,396#752
Fallers
  1. 307Jace#761#1,068
  2. 241Otha#915#1,156
  3. 234Cheryl#994#1,228
  4. 230Dann#969#1,199
  5. 227Carnell#777#1,004

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1959