The name Carla is of Italian origin, and is a feminine form of Carlo.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Carla has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Carla
Use of the Name Carla for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
142,420
118,175
26,206
6,998
3,403
1,266
621
The table below indicates the number of times the name Carla has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Carla first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1926, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Carla
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1926
874
72
1927
803
82
1928
740
92
1929
617
124
1930
552
152
1931
506
165
1932
466
197
1933
482
175
1934
459
200
1935
441
214
1936
412
244
1937
402
257
1938
374
309
1939
342
347
1940
300
438
1941
303
454
1942
287
557
1943
275
642
1944
248
723
1945
222
862
1946
201
1,200
1947
182
1,569
1948
179
1,541
1949
187
1,499
1950
160
1,752
1951
147
2,170
1952
138
2,563
1953
129
2,753
1954
135
2,892
1955
135
3,062
1956
131
3,322
1957
128
3,460
1958
126
3,506
1959
118
3,936
1960
110
4,367
1961
77
5,818
1962
79
5,811
1963
82
5,264
1964
78
5,371
1965
76
4,777
1966
77
4,503
1967
82
4,182
1968
91
3,807
1969
90
3,963
1970
94
4,215
1971
107
3,543
1972
106
3,077
1973
114
2,687
1974
114
2,575
1975
122
2,311
1976
122
2,249
1977
137
2,096
1978
132
2,094
1979
142
1,973
1980
153
1,827
1981
160
1,785
1982
163
1,761
1983
178
1,525
1984
189
1,451
1985
193
1,389
1986
193
1,346
1987
225
1,191
1988
243
1,085
1989
252
1,070
1990
263
1,087
1991
274
1,006
1992
277
1,009
1993
302
880
1994
336
796
1995
344
763
1996
360
766
1997
372
724
1998
406
667
1999
411
675
2000
404
705
2001
421
670
2002
386
762
2003
460
645
2004
469
621
Totals:
142,420
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Carla as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Carla appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 79 times during the last 125 years.