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How popular is the name Carla?
Births per year, rank history and how many Carlas are alive today.
Carla (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 922nd in 2025 with 38 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 320 babies were given the name, the 88th most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 12% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 6,600 babies have been named Carla in England and Wales since 1984. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Carla is one spelling of a name also recorded as Karla; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Carla include Carly.
Across all spellings of the name, the Carla you are most likely to meet is around 41 years old. Half of all Carlas born in England and Wales are between 24 and 41, and there are at least 9,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Carla.
How many babies are named Carla each year?
Includes all spellings: Carla, Karla. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Carla spelling rank?
Where does the Karla spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Carla most popular?
Carla peaked in 1984, when around 320 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Carla?
At least 9,900 people named Carla in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Carla?
Most living Carlas are between 24 and 41; the most common age is about 41.
Is Carla becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.