Kala
#1,891 most common girls' name of all time · #3,243 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1943–2025
Rank among girls
#1,891
Rank overall
#3,243 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
83 of 146
All-time
7,772
Since 2016
180
Peak year
1989 #464
Best rank
#464 1989
Girls
Boys
peak 533/yr
Kala first appears in 1943. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,567 |
| 2024 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,528 |
| 2023 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,466 |
| 2022 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,627 |
| 2021 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,313 |
| 2020 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,520 |
| 2019 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,016 |
| 2018 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,299 |
| 2017 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,697 |
| 2016 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,648 |
| 2015 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,617 |
| 2014 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,125 |
| 2013 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,869 |
| 2012 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,742 |
| 2011 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,490 |
| 2010 | 29 | 6 | 35 | #4,887 |
| 2009 | 26 | 5 | 31 | #5,412 |
| 2008 | 55 | 6 | 61 | #3,093 |
| 2007 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,439 |
| 2005 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,739 |
| 2004 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,317 |
| 2003 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,175 |
| 2002 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,576 |
| 2001 | 136 | — | 136 | #1,397 |
| 2000 | 153 | 6 | 159 | #1,272 |
| 1999 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,147 |
| 1998 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,042 |
| 1997 | 209 | — | 209 | #949 |
| 1996 | 234 | — | 234 | #856 |
| 1995 | 308 | — | 308 | #693 |
| 1994 | 315 | — | 315 | #674 |
| 1993 | 351 | — | 351 | #638 |
| 1992 | 354 | — | 354 | #636 |
| 1991 | 426 | — | 426 | #551 |
| 1990 | 438 | — | 438 | #543 |
| 1989 | 525 | 8 | 533 | #464 |
| 1988 | 462 | — | 462 | #492 |
| 1987 | 381 | 5 | 386 | #530 |
| 1986 | 273 | — | 273 | #675 |
| 1985 | 223 | — | 223 | #765 |
| 1984 | 199 | 6 | 205 | #800 |
| 1983 | 277 | — | 277 | #624 |
| 1982 | 217 | — | 217 | #762 |
| 1981 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,971 |
| 1980 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,996 |
| 1979 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,065 |
| 1978 | 54 | 8 | 62 | #1,851 |
| 1977 | 51 | 7 | 58 | #1,934 |
| 1976 | 44 | 9 | 53 | #2,007 |
| 1975 | 36 | 6 | 42 | #2,300 |
| 1974 | 41 | 7 | 48 | #2,048 |
| 1973 | 35 | 6 | 41 | #2,246 |
| 1972 | 27 | 7 | 34 | #2,636 |
| 1971 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,794 |
| 1970 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,142 |
| 1969 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,088 |
| 1968 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,597 |
| 1967 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1966 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,339 |
| 1965 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,449 |
| 1964 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,234 |
| 1963 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,051 |
| 1962 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,199 |
| 1961 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,188 |
| 1960 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,143 |
| 1959 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,574 |
| 1958 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,437 |
| 1957 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,008 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,149 |
| 1955 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,624 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,207 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,902 |
| 1952 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,659 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,258 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,250 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,585 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,558 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,883 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,959 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,147 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,674 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,185 |