Karla

Where Karla comes from

By surface analysis, Karl + -a.
— Wiktionary's entry for Karla
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,434 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Karla Sofía Gascón born
    Spanish actress
  3. 1985
    Karla Souza born
    Mexican actress
  4. 2002
    Peak, #175
    1,840 babies named Karla — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #352.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Karl.
Namesakes
  • Karla Sofía Gascón · Spanish actress, born 1972
  • Karla Souza · Mexican actress, born 1985
  • Karla Homolka · Canadian convicted killer (manslaughter) and ex-wife of Paul Bernardo, born 1970
  • Karla Avelar · LGBTI Activist, born 1978
  • Karla Álvarez · Mexican actress, 1972–2013

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.