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Carla

Pronounced /ˈkɑɹlə/

Rank in 2024
#1,012
Born in 2024
252
Peak year
1962 · #78
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 252 girls were named Carla, about 1 in every 6,402.
  • It peaked in 1962 with 5,821 babies, ranked #78.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1890.
  • 150,163 girls have been named Carla since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Carla per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 1.7
    Boomers
  4. 2.0
    Gen X
  5. 0.7
    Millennials
  6. 0.3
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 553 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 6,154 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Boomers: 61,897 babies, 1.73 per 1,000. Gen X: 49,928 babies, 1.95 per 1,000. Millennials: 18,948 babies, 0.67 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,345 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,322 babies, 0.16 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From German and Italian Carla. By surface analysis, Carl +‎ -a.

  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈkɑɹlə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Carla, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Charli

    Rank
    #525
    Born '24
    587
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20212024
  • GirlBoyCooling

    Karla

    Rank
    #731
    Born '24
    385
    Origin
    Germanic
    1880peak 19642024
  • GirlBoyCooling

    Carly

    Rank
    #874
    Born '24
    308
    Origin
    Germanic
    1880peak 19952024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Carlee

    Rank
    #1,685
    Born '24
    121
    Origin
    Germanic
    1880peak 20092024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Charly

    Rank
    #2,271
    Born '24
    82
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20142024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Carlie

    Rank
    #2,516
    Born '24
    71
    Origin
    Germanic
    1880peak 20042024