Carla is a familiar variant of Carol that peaked in 1961 and has since faded.
Carla is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,083 for girl births in the United States (and #2,058 across all names), given to 223 babies. Carla was first reported in SSA data in 1890 and peaked in 1962 (5,820 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 223 | 223 | #1,083 | — |
| 2024 | 254 | 254 | #1,009 | — |
| 2023 | 267 | 267 | #967 | — |
| 2022 | 291 | 291 | #927 | — |
| 2021 | 221 | 221 | #1,117 | — |
| 2020 | 245 | 245 | #1,024 | — |
| 2019 | 253 | 259 | #1,018 | — |
| 2018 | 255 | 255 | #1,019 | — |
| 2017 | 279 | 284 | #948 | — |
| 2016 | 323 | 330 | #870 | — |
| 2015 | 318 | 327 | #875 | — |
| 2014 | 320 | 329 | #860 | — |
| 2013 | 300 | 314 | #860 | — |
| 2012 | 371 | 383 | #751 | — |
| 2011 | 368 | 386 | #750 | — |
| 2010 | 368 | 387 | #753 | — |
| 2009 | 440 | 458 | #665 | — |
| 2008 | 531 | 556 | #580 | — |
| 2007 | 579 | 605 | #540 | — |
| 2006 | 610 | 645 | #499 | — |
| 2005 | 585 | 625 | #509 | — |
| 2004 | 629 | 686 | #470 | — |
| 2003 | 648 | 715 | #462 | — |
| 2002 | 764 | 848 | #386 | — |
| 2001 | 674 | 733 | #421 | — |
| 2000 | 707 | 771 | #404 | — |
| 1999 | 679 | 772 | #410 | — |
| 1998 | 668 | 749 | #406 | — |
| 1997 | 725 | — | #373 | — |
| 1996 | 769 | — | #359 | — |
| 1995 | 769 | — | #344 | #9,060 |
| 1994 | 804 | — | #336 | #7,909 |
| 1993 | 882 | — | #303 | — |
| 1992 | 1,021 | — | #276 | #6,758 |
| 1991 | 1,019 | — | #275 | #5,140 |
| 1990 | 1,099 | — | #263 | #6,502 |
| 1989 | 1,076 | — | #252 | #5,222 |
| 1988 | 1,086 | — | #243 | — |
| 1987 | 1,208 | — | #225 | #4,287 |
| 1986 | 1,355 | — | #193 | #3,913 |
| 1985 | 1,408 | — | #194 | #3,834 |
| 1984 | 1,466 | — | #189 | #3,492 |
| 1983 | 1,541 | — | #178 | #3,259 |
| 1982 | 1,771 | — | #165 | #3,516 |
| 1981 | 1,803 | — | #160 | #3,052 |
| 1980 | 1,845 | — | #152 | #3,446 |
| 1979 | 1,978 | — | #142 | #4,121 |
| 1978 | 2,109 | — | #132 | #4,622 |
| 1977 | 2,105 | — | #137 | #4,222 |
| 1976 | 2,262 | — | #122 | #2,964 |
| 1975 | 2,324 | — | #122 | #3,470 |
| 1974 | 2,581 | — | #114 | #3,351 |
| 1973 | 2,694 | — | #114 | #3,748 |
| 1972 | 3,090 | — | #106 | #4,027 |
| 1971 | 3,566 | — | #107 | #3,177 |
| 1970 | 4,230 | — | #94 | #2,310 |
| 1969 | 3,970 | — | #90 | #4,001 |
| 1968 | 3,828 | — | #91 | #2,118 |
| 1967 | 4,204 | — | #82 | #1,819 |
| 1966 | 4,525 | — | #77 | #1,899 |
| 1965 | 4,795 | — | #76 | #2,195 |
| 1964 | 5,386 | — | #78 | #3,076 |
| 1963 | 5,276 | — | #82 | #2,432 |
| 1962 | 5,828 | — | #78 | #3,077 |
| 1961 | 5,829 | — | #77 | #2,427 |
| 1960 | 4,383 | — | #110 | #3,127 |
| 1959 | 3,942 | — | #118 | #3,322 |
| 1958 | 3,510 | — | #126 | #3,065 |
| 1957 | 3,478 | — | #128 | #3,047 |
| 1956 | 3,327 | — | #130 | #3,255 |
| 1955 | 3,073 | — | #135 | #3,234 |
| 1954 | 2,898 | — | #135 | #2,769 |
| 1953 | 2,767 | — | #129 | #3,176 |
| 1952 | 2,570 | — | #138 | #3,810 |
| 1951 | 2,172 | — | #147 | — |
| 1950 | 1,753 | — | #160 | — |
| 1949 | 1,498 | — | #187 | — |
| 1948 | 1,543 | — | #180 | — |
| 1947 | 1,574 | — | #182 | #3,792 |
| 1946 | 1,207 | — | #202 | #3,220 |
| 1945 | 862 | — | #222 | — |
| 1944 | 722 | — | #249 | — |
| 1943 | 642 | — | #277 | — |
| 1942 | 554 | — | #287 | — |
| 1941 | 455 | — | #304 | — |
| 1940 | 440 | — | #299 | — |
| 1939 | 347 | — | #342 | — |
| 1938 | 311 | — | #374 | — |
| 1937 | 256 | — | #402 | — |
| 1936 | 244 | — | #411 | — |
| 1935 | 214 | — | #441 | — |
| 1934 | 200 | — | #459 | — |
| 1933 | 175 | — | #481 | — |
| 1932 | 197 | — | #468 | — |
| 1931 | 165 | — | #504 | — |
| 1930 | 153 | — | #551 | — |
| 1929 | 124 | — | #617 | — |
| 1928 | 93 | — | #737 | — |
| 1927 | 82 | — | #802 | — |
| 1926 | 72 | — | #873 | — |
| 1925 | 39 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1924 | 36 | — | #1,358 | — |
| 1923 | 30 | — | #1,494 | — |
| 1922 | 19 | — | #2,034 | — |
| 1921 | 29 | — | #1,548 | — |
| 1920 | 26 | — | #1,630 | — |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,166 | — |
| 1918 | 31 | — | #1,384 | — |
| 1917 | 20 | — | #1,782 | — |
| 1916 | 21 | — | #1,697 | — |
| 1915 | 23 | — | #1,528 | — |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,608 | — |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,687 | — |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #3,036 | — |
| 1911 | 17 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,794 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,631 | — |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,701 | — |
| 1906 | 10 | — | #1,236 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,982 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,835 | — |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,634 | — |
| 1901 | 8 | — | #1,241 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,971 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #1,303 | — |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,358 | — |