first name
CARLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 144,782 people named Carla, 59.2% reported their origin as White, 22.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 14.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carla peaked in 1961, when 5,829 babies got the name.
At least 150,815 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carla by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #155. The largest share of babies named Carla, 41.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carla is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carla has been most common in New Mexico (1.7×), District of Columbia (1.5×), and Oklahoma (1.5×), and least common in Vermont (0.29×).
146,926 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carla
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carla, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carla ranks #145,757 of 156,621, with 115 people. See Carla as a last name
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