Kala is an uncommon variant of Kayla that peaked in 1989 and has since faded.
Kala is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,765 for girl births in the United States (and #16,583 across all names), given to 10 babies. Kala was first reported in SSA data in 1943 and peaked in 1989 (525 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #9,765 | — |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | #8,686 | — |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | #6,537 | — |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | #8,773 | — |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | #7,443 | — |
| 2020 | 22 | 22 | #5,562 | — |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #6,072 | — |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | #6,374 | — |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | #5,740 | — |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | #4,677 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 30 | #4,653 | — |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | #8,266 | — |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | #5,915 | — |
| 2012 | 23 | 23 | #5,791 | — |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | #7,602 | — |
| 2010 | 35 | 35 | #4,913 | #11,465 |
| 2009 | 31 | 31 | #5,460 | #13,474 |
| 2008 | 61 | 61 | #3,100 | #11,814 |
| 2007 | 33 | 33 | #4,518 | — |
| 2006 | 47 | 47 | #3,441 | — |
| 2005 | 61 | 61 | #2,744 | — |
| 2004 | 75 | 75 | #2,315 | — |
| 2003 | 80 | 80 | #2,177 | — |
| 2002 | 118 | 118 | #1,577 | — |
| 2001 | 136 | 136 | #1,401 | — |
| 2000 | 159 | 159 | #1,272 | #9,703 |
| 1999 | 171 | 171 | #1,149 | — |
| 1998 | 190 | 190 | #1,041 | — |
| 1997 | 209 | — | #949 | — |
| 1996 | 234 | — | #853 | — |
| 1995 | 308 | — | #693 | — |
| 1994 | 315 | — | #674 | — |
| 1993 | 351 | — | #638 | — |
| 1992 | 354 | — | #635 | — |
| 1991 | 426 | — | #551 | — |
| 1990 | 438 | — | #543 | — |
| 1989 | 533 | — | #462 | #5,926 |
| 1988 | 462 | — | #491 | — |
| 1987 | 386 | — | #530 | #7,560 |
| 1986 | 273 | — | #675 | — |
| 1985 | 223 | — | #766 | — |
| 1984 | 205 | — | #798 | #5,973 |
| 1983 | 277 | — | #624 | — |
| 1982 | 217 | — | #763 | — |
| 1981 | 54 | — | #1,970 | — |
| 1980 | 53 | — | #1,989 | — |
| 1979 | 49 | — | #2,063 | — |
| 1978 | 62 | — | #1,847 | #4,355 |
| 1977 | 58 | — | #1,933 | #4,859 |
| 1976 | 53 | — | #2,011 | #3,861 |
| 1975 | 42 | — | #2,294 | #5,123 |
| 1974 | 48 | — | #2,041 | #4,394 |
| 1973 | 41 | — | #2,245 | #4,801 |
| 1972 | 34 | — | #2,631 | #4,205 |
| 1971 | 50 | — | #1,784 | — |
| 1970 | 38 | — | #2,140 | — |
| 1969 | 37 | — | #2,075 | — |
| 1968 | 24 | — | #2,574 | — |
| 1967 | 31 | — | #2,147 | — |
| 1966 | 27 | — | #2,325 | — |
| 1965 | 25 | — | #2,432 | — |
| 1964 | 30 | — | #2,219 | — |
| 1963 | 34 | — | #2,038 | — |
| 1962 | 30 | — | #2,187 | — |
| 1961 | 30 | — | #2,172 | — |
| 1960 | 30 | — | #2,124 | — |
| 1959 | 21 | — | #2,548 | — |
| 1958 | 23 | — | #2,414 | — |
| 1957 | 16 | — | #2,981 | — |
| 1956 | 15 | — | #3,118 | — |
| 1955 | 19 | — | #2,586 | — |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #4,119 | — |
| 1953 | 15 | — | #2,870 | — |
| 1952 | 17 | — | #2,617 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #5,128 | — |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #4,131 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #4,443 | — |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #3,468 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,693 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #3,821 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #4,893 | — |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,537 | — |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,998 | — |