How Many People Are Named Kala?

7,512

people named Kala are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 45,498 people in the US has this name

Based on 7,772 babies named Kala in Social Security records from 1943 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,925

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,634

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Peak Year

1989

533 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
98.9%
Male
1.2%

Of the babies given the name Kala, 98.9% were girls and 1.2% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kala alive today is about 35 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 39 in 2025.

Under 30 1,902
25.3%
30 to 59 5,302
70.6%
60 and over 307
4.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kala first appears in the records in 1943 and was given most often in 1989, to 533 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1943 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kala has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #462, in 1989. In 2025 it ranked #9,762.

Girls
Rank in 2025#9,762
Best rank#462 (1989)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#732 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kala alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kala were born in Texas than in any other state: about 411 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kala was given 3.7 times as often in Mississippi, 3 times in Alabama and 2.9 times in West Virginia.

Texas 411
Ohio 325
California 315
Georgia 299
Florida 297
North Carolina 262
Tennessee 257
Illinois 251
Pennsylvania 249
Michigan 242
Alabama 218
Kentucky 180
Indiana 177
Missouri 174
Mississippi 166
New York 162
South Carolina 160
Virginia 138
Louisiana 121
Wisconsin 115
Washington 93
West Virginia 85
Minnesota 78
Oklahoma 63
Iowa 59
Arkansas 54
Oregon 53
Kansas 31
Colorado 28
Maryland 26
Massachusetts 19
Arizona 19
Connecticut 10
New Jersey 10
District of Columbia 7
South Dakota 5
Nevada 5
Nebraska 5

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