first name
CHARLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,653 people named Charla, 78.2% reported their origin as White, 12.9% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. 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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Charla peaked in 1969, when 219 babies got the name.
At least 8,026 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Charla by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,286. The largest share of babies named Charla, 35.4%, 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 Charla is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Charla has been most common in Oklahoma (5.2×), Kansas (3.3×), and Texas (3.1×), and least common in New York (0.13×).
4,505 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.
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6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Charla, most common first.
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