# Charla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/charla/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,026 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,026 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 38, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 16 | 7,824 |
| 2009 | 19 | 6,868 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6,706 |
| 2011 | 19 | 6,618 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,458 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,228 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,685 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,042 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,007 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12,994 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,619 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,176 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,609 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,838 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,676 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.