# Karla (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karla/  
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 | Carla |
| US babies named this | 91,895 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 309 / 91,586 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 894, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

By surface analysis, Karl + -a.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 910 | 353 |
| 2012 | 761 | 412 |
| 2013 | 647 | 475 |
| 2014 | 621 | 504 |
| 2015 | 617 | 511 |
| 2016 | 554 | 562 |
| 2017 | 553 | 557 |
| 2018 | 476 | 628 |
| 2019 | 427 | 681 |
| 2020 | 420 | 676 |
| 2021 | 411 | 701 |
| 2022 | 425 | 689 |
| 2023 | 398 | 711 |
| 2024 | 385 | 732 |
| 2025 | 340 | 803 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11 | 4,938 |
| 1992 | 9 | 5,887 |
| 1993 | 11 | 5,189 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,360 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,687 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,787 |
| 1997 | 8 | 6,945 |
| 1998 | 10 | 6,070 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,307 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,305 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,347 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,839 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,540 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,356 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,728 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,484 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Karla

- Karla Homolka, Canadian convicted killer (manslaughter) and ex-wife of Paul Bernardo
- Karla LaVey, Daughter of Anton LaVey
- Karla Henry, Filipino beauty pageant contestant
- Karla Crome, British actress
- Karla Faye Tucker, American murderer (1959–1998)
- Karla Bonoff, American musician
- Karla Šlechtová, Czech politician and economist
- Karla Borger, German beach volleyball player
- Karla Mosley, American actress and singer (born 1981)
- Karla Jay, American feminist (born 1947)
- Karla Suárez, Cuban writer
- Karla Roffeis, East German volleyball player

## 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.