Kala
Kala was the 9765th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 462nd with 525 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,112 places. More babies were named Kala in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,765 girls, down 4,203 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1989525 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,772babies recorded
Kala popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 92 since 1972.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,765 | 10 |
| 2020 | #5,562 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,913 | 29 |
| 2000 | #1,272 | 153 |
| 1990 | #543 | 438 |
| 1980 | #1,989 | 53 |
| 1970 | #2,140 | 38 |
| 1960 | #2,124 | 30 |
| 1950 | #4,131 | 8 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kala, counting every spelling?
Kala is a spelling of Calla, a name family that ranked #1,069 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #9,765 for Kala on its own. Together these spellings went to 212 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calla | 156 | #1,397 | 698 |
| Calah | 19 | #6,164 | 70 |
| Kala | 10 | #9,765 | 67 |
| Kalla | 14 | #7,667 | 52 |
| Callah | 13 | #7,971 | 40 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kala?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kala (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kala born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kala.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kala?
About 7,400 people born in the US named Kala are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 30 and 40. That makes Kala mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kala: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kala, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kala
How popular is the name Kala?
Kala was the 9765th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 462nd with 525 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,112 places. More babies were named Kala in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Kala a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kala in the US.