first name
KARLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 113,141 people named Karla, 60.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 33.5% as White and 4% 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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Karla peaked in 1964, when 2,066 babies got the name.
At least 91,895 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.
Karla by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #360. The largest share of babies named Karla, 25.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Karla is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karla has been most common in South Dakota (2.3×), North Dakota (2.1×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Hawaii (0.13×).
88,540 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 Karla
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karla, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Karla ranks #109,465 of 156,621, with 172 people. See Karla as a last name
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