Karla Girl
How popular is Karla?
#799 girl name in 2025
340 baby girls were named Karla in the US in 2025, making it the 799th most popular girl name.
Karla popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #799 for girls (▼ 67 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 340 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #510 in 2015, #676 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1964 (2,060 girls) |
| Highest rank | #175 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karla counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Karla family of names ranked #507 for girls in 2025 (#456 the year before), with 571 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karla is most popular
Babies named Karla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Texas: 0.4 per 1,000 (352 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (335 girls)
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (156 girls)
Karla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | #3,433 |
| 1920s | 65 | #2,858 |
| 1930s | 536 | #610 |
| 1940s | 3,102 | #359 |
| 1950s | 11,462 | #206 |
| 1960s | 17,716 | #182 |
| 1970s | 11,367 | #196 |
| 1980s | 9,360 | #250 |
| 1990s | 12,873 | #194 |
| 2000s | 16,145 | #175 |
| 2010s | 6,555 | #324 |
| 2020s | 2,379 | #676 |
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Questions
- Is Karla a boy or girl name?
- Karla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karla were girls.
- How popular is the name Karla?
- 340 baby girls were named Karla in the US in 2025, making it the 799th most popular girl name.
- When was Karla most popular?
- Karla peaked in 1964, when 2,060 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #175 in 2002.
- How many people are named Karla?
- 91,895 babies have been named Karla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 85,101 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Karla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karla was most common in Arizona, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.