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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 230 babies (rank #192 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

2,693
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
230
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
1996230#192
1997230#186
1998198#208
1999199#210
2000172#238
2001190#208
2002132#288
2003127#310
2004129#314
2005116#345
2006111#378
2007115#369
2008132#341
2009115#374
201096#438
201194#449
201261#681
201373#562
201460#663
201562#657
201651#772