How Many People Are Named Karla?
people named Karla are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,044 people in the US has this name
Based on 91,895 babies named Karla in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,066 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German, Scandinavian and Croatian feminine form of CHARLES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Karla (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karla alive today is about 41 years old, and 38% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karla first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1964, to 2,066 babies. In 2025, 340 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karla has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #175, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #803.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #803 |
| Best rank | #175 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #195 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karla alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karla were born in California than in any other state: about 17,039 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karla was given 2.8 times as often in South Dakota, 2.7 times in North Dakota and 2.1 times in Iowa.
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