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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #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 1982

girls
#165
1,759 births · 1 in 963 girls
boys
#3,482
12 births · 1 in 151,204 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #165Carla1,759

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #3,482Carla12
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 963 of them was named Carla, which outranked 98.7% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carla
  1. #162Shawna1,770
  2. #163Kendra1,762
  3. #164Virginia1,761
  4. #165Carla1,759
  5. #166Angel1,744
  6. #167Cindy1,729
  7. #168Adrienne1,726
Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,715Kaleena#2,375#660
  2. 1,197Kala#1,958#761
  3. 1,094Chelsie#2,028#934
  4. 1,081Tenika#2,028#947
  5. 1,044Falon#1,958#914
Fallers
  1. 538Evita#779#1,317
  2. 517Martine#791#1,308
  3. 473Dusty#720#1,193
  4. 470Regan#991#1,461
  5. 401Windy#998#1,399

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

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 151,204 of them was named Carla, which outranked 52.7% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carla
  1. #3,282Yeng13
  2. #3,282Zak13
  3. #3,282Ziad13
  4. #3,482Carla12
  5. #3,482Abdallah12
  6. #3,482Abdulaziz12
  7. #3,482Aj12
  8. #3,692Abbas11
  9. #3,692Alegandro11
  10. #3,692Alexius11

Tied with 209 names at #3,482; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,958Colt#2,418#460
  2. 730Eliot#1,695#965
  3. 532Colton#1,334#802
  4. 478Kiel#1,101#623
  5. 416Eugenio#1,411#995
Fallers
  1. 309Marchello#841#1,150
  2. 237Carmen#851#1,088
  3. 234Claudio#976#1,210
  4. 224Irvin#826#1,050
  5. 222Jeramiah#971#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982