Carla

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ceorl in Old English, which means "free man".

From Wikipedia

Carla first appears in the data in 1978 and has been recorded in 8 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1983 with 131 babies (rank #89 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Carla

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Carla yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

310
Total babies (all years)
8
Years in the data
131
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
197836#113
198247#104
1983131#89
198452#106
198537#112
20142#633
20151#1,262
20164#346