How Many People Are Named Calla?
people named Calla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 88,430 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,408 babies named Calla in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
176 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of a type of lily. Use of the name may also be inspired by Greek καλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Calla in English. Counting Calla and these spellings together, about 4,194 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Calla in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Calla alive today is about 18 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Calla first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2017, to 176 babies. In 2025, 156 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Calla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #633, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #1,397.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,397 |
| Best rank | #633 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,612 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Calla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Calla were born in California than in any other state: about 222 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Calla was given 3.6 times as often in Wisconsin, 2.4 times in Colorado and 2.2 times in Washington.
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