Karla
#403 most common girls' name of all time · #738 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among girls
#403
Rank overall
#738 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
91,895
Since 2016
4,389
Peak year
1964 #182
Best rank
#175 2002
Girls
Boys
peak 2,066/yr
Karla first appears in 1915. 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 | 340 | — | 340 | #802 |
| 2024 | 385 | — | 385 | #733 |
| 2023 | 398 | — | 398 | #711 |
| 2022 | 425 | — | 425 | #689 |
| 2021 | 411 | — | 411 | #701 |
| 2020 | 420 | — | 420 | #676 |
| 2019 | 427 | — | 427 | #682 |
| 2018 | 476 | — | 476 | #628 |
| 2017 | 553 | — | 553 | #557 |
| 2016 | 554 | — | 554 | #561 |
| 2015 | 617 | — | 617 | #511 |
| 2014 | 621 | — | 621 | #503 |
| 2013 | 647 | — | 647 | #475 |
| 2012 | 761 | — | 761 | #412 |
| 2011 | 910 | — | 910 | #353 |
| 2010 | 989 | — | 989 | #325 |
| 2009 | 1,116 | 6 | 1,122 | #298 |
| 2008 | 1,421 | — | 1,421 | #243 |
| 2007 | 1,581 | — | 1,581 | #219 |
| 2006 | 1,656 | 6 | 1,662 | #208 |
| 2005 | 1,716 | — | 1,716 | #203 |
| 2004 | 1,749 | 8 | 1,757 | #196 |
| 2003 | 1,780 | 5 | 1,785 | #179 |
| 2002 | 1,840 | 9 | 1,849 | #175 |
| 2001 | 1,699 | — | 1,699 | #193 |
| 2000 | 1,587 | 5 | 1,592 | #203 |
| 1999 | 1,609 | 6 | 1,615 | #194 |
| 1998 | 1,473 | 10 | 1,483 | #209 |
| 1997 | 1,470 | 8 | 1,478 | #201 |
| 1996 | 1,435 | 5 | 1,440 | #204 |
| 1995 | 1,182 | 8 | 1,190 | #241 |
| 1994 | 1,260 | 7 | 1,267 | #223 |
| 1993 | 1,197 | 11 | 1,208 | #234 |
| 1992 | 1,157 | 9 | 1,166 | #239 |
| 1991 | 1,088 | 11 | 1,099 | #258 |
| 1990 | 1,002 | 13 | 1,015 | #276 |
| 1989 | 966 | 18 | 984 | #279 |
| 1988 | 866 | 7 | 873 | #287 |
| 1987 | 868 | 9 | 877 | #283 |
| 1986 | 915 | 8 | 923 | #271 |
| 1985 | 902 | 12 | 914 | #278 |
| 1984 | 934 | 7 | 941 | #262 |
| 1983 | 940 | 6 | 946 | #254 |
| 1982 | 957 | 7 | 964 | #259 |
| 1981 | 986 | 7 | 993 | #252 |
| 1980 | 1,026 | 8 | 1,034 | #251 |
| 1979 | 1,080 | 11 | 1,091 | #239 |
| 1978 | 948 | — | 948 | #250 |
| 1977 | 1,000 | 5 | 1,005 | #248 |
| 1976 | 978 | 7 | 985 | #242 |
| 1975 | 1,013 | — | 1,013 | #242 |
| 1974 | 1,065 | 6 | 1,071 | #239 |
| 1973 | 1,111 | 6 | 1,117 | #230 |
| 1972 | 1,121 | — | 1,121 | #245 |
| 1971 | 1,417 | 8 | 1,425 | #216 |
| 1970 | 1,634 | 5 | 1,639 | #196 |
| 1969 | 1,536 | 5 | 1,541 | #205 |
| 1968 | 1,504 | — | 1,504 | #205 |
| 1967 | 1,646 | — | 1,646 | #190 |
| 1966 | 1,686 | 5 | 1,691 | #193 |
| 1965 | 1,804 | 10 | 1,814 | #188 |
| 1964 | 2,060 | 6 | 2,066 | #182 |
| 1963 | 2,007 | — | 2,007 | #189 |
| 1962 | 1,947 | — | 1,947 | #192 |
| 1961 | 1,871 | 9 | 1,880 | #195 |
| 1960 | 1,655 | 5 | 1,660 | #206 |
| 1959 | 1,635 | 5 | 1,640 | #207 |
| 1958 | 1,484 | — | 1,484 | #214 |
| 1957 | 1,529 | — | 1,529 | #215 |
| 1956 | 1,391 | — | 1,391 | #218 |
| 1955 | 1,205 | — | 1,205 | #234 |
| 1954 | 1,135 | — | 1,135 | #241 |
| 1953 | 941 | — | 941 | #266 |
| 1952 | 828 | — | 828 | #279 |
| 1951 | 722 | — | 722 | #292 |
| 1950 | 592 | — | 592 | #319 |
| 1949 | 480 | — | 480 | #361 |
| 1948 | 465 | — | 465 | #366 |
| 1947 | 504 | — | 504 | #359 |
| 1946 | 427 | — | 427 | #365 |
| 1945 | 319 | — | 319 | #398 |
| 1944 | 217 | — | 217 | #488 |
| 1943 | 218 | — | 218 | #506 |
| 1942 | 187 | — | 187 | #542 |
| 1941 | 148 | — | 148 | #577 |
| 1940 | 137 | — | 137 | #595 |
| 1939 | 122 | — | 122 | #613 |
| 1938 | 87 | — | 87 | #745 |
| 1937 | 81 | — | 81 | #759 |
| 1936 | 73 | — | 73 | #794 |
| 1935 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1934 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,034 |
| 1933 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1932 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,443 |
| 1931 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,866 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,007 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,087 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,111 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,016 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,302 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,759 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,325 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,927 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,354 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,161 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,995 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,848 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,758 |