Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Carla

#271 most common girls' name of all time · #504 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1890–2025

Rank among girls
#271
Rank overall
#504 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
150,815
Since 2016
2,611
Peak year
1961 #77
Best rank
#76 1965
Girls Boys peak 5,829/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Carla first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 223 223 #1,082
2024 254 254 #1,009
2023 267 267 #968
2022 291 291 #927
2021 221 221 #1,117
2020 245 245 #1,025
2019 253 253 #1,016
2018 255 255 #1,018
2017 279 279 #949
2016 323 323 #870
2015 318 318 #875
2014 320 320 #860
2013 300 300 #862
2012 371 371 #751
2011 368 368 #750
2010 368 368 #753
2009 440 440 #665
2008 531 531 #582
2007 579 579 #540
2006 610 610 #499
2005 585 585 #509
2004 629 629 #470
2003 648 648 #461
2002 764 764 #386
2001 674 674 #421
2000 707 707 #404
1999 679 679 #410
1998 668 668 #406
1997 725 725 #373
1996 769 769 #359
1995 764 5 769 #344
1994 798 6 804 #335
1993 882 882 #303
1992 1,014 7 1,021 #276
1991 1,009 10 1,019 #275
1990 1,092 7 1,099 #263
1989 1,067 9 1,076 #252
1988 1,086 1,086 #243
1987 1,198 10 1,208 #225
1986 1,344 11 1,355 #193
1985 1,397 11 1,408 #194
1984 1,454 12 1,466 #189
1983 1,528 13 1,541 #178
1982 1,759 12 1,771 #165
1981 1,789 14 1,803 #160
1980 1,833 12 1,845 #152
1979 1,969 9 1,978 #142
1978 2,102 7 2,109 #132
1977 2,097 8 2,105 #137
1976 2,249 13 2,262 #122
1975 2,314 10 2,324 #122
1974 2,571 10 2,581 #114
1973 2,686 8 2,694 #114
1972 3,083 7 3,090 #106
1971 3,556 10 3,566 #107
1970 4,214 16 4,230 #94
1969 3,964 6 3,970 #90
1968 3,813 15 3,828 #91
1967 4,185 19 4,204 #82
1966 4,508 17 4,525 #77
1965 4,781 14 4,795 #76
1964 5,378 8 5,386 #78
1963 5,264 12 5,276 #82
1962 5,820 8 5,828 #78
1961 5,817 12 5,829 #77
1960 4,375 8 4,383 #110
1959 3,935 7 3,942 #118
1958 3,502 8 3,510 #126
1957 3,470 8 3,478 #128
1956 3,320 7 3,327 #130
1955 3,066 7 3,073 #135
1954 2,889 9 2,898 #135
1953 2,760 7 2,767 #129
1952 2,565 5 2,570 #138
1951 2,172 2,172 #147
1950 1,753 1,753 #160
1949 1,498 1,498 #187
1948 1,543 1,543 #180
1947 1,569 5 1,574 #182
1946 1,201 6 1,207 #202
1945 862 862 #222
1944 722 722 #249
1943 642 642 #277
1942 554 554 #287
1941 455 455 #304
1940 440 440 #299
1939 347 347 #342
1938 311 311 #374
1937 256 256 #403
1936 244 244 #412
1935 214 214 #441
1934 200 200 #459
1933 175 175 #482
1932 197 197 #470
1931 165 165 #505
1930 153 153 #551
1929 124 124 #618
1928 93 93 #737
1927 82 82 #808
1926 72 72 #877
1925 39 39 #1,260
1924 36 36 #1,365
1923 30 30 #1,504
1922 19 19 #2,060
1921 29 29 #1,558
1920 26 26 #1,648
1919 16 16 #2,190
1918 31 31 #1,391
1917 20 20 #1,806
1916 21 21 #1,712
1915 23 23 #1,554
1914 17 17 #1,638
1913 13 13 #1,717
1912 5 5 #3,074
1911 17 17 #1,097
1910 8 8 #1,862
1909 8 8 #1,700
1908 7 7 #1,778
1906 10 10 #1,286
1905 5 5 #2,056
1903 5 5 #1,924
1902 6 6 #1,706
1901 8 8 #1,319
1900 5 5 #2,045
1892 6 6 #1,421
1890 5 5 #1,490