Karla is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1964 and has since faded.
Karla is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #803 for girl births in the United States (and #1,550 across all names), given to 340 babies. Karla was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1964 (2,060 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | 340 | #803 | — |
| 2024 | 385 | 385 | #732 | — |
| 2023 | 398 | 398 | #711 | — |
| 2022 | 425 | 431 | #689 | — |
| 2021 | 411 | 411 | #701 | — |
| 2020 | 420 | 420 | #676 | — |
| 2019 | 427 | 433 | #681 | — |
| 2018 | 476 | 476 | #628 | — |
| 2017 | 553 | 565 | #557 | — |
| 2016 | 554 | 563 | #562 | — |
| 2015 | 617 | 635 | #511 | — |
| 2014 | 621 | 643 | #504 | — |
| 2013 | 647 | 676 | #475 | — |
| 2012 | 761 | 804 | #412 | — |
| 2011 | 910 | 944 | #353 | — |
| 2010 | 989 | 1,029 | #325 | — |
| 2009 | 1,122 | 1,182 | #298 | #11,728 |
| 2008 | 1,421 | 1,495 | #243 | — |
| 2007 | 1,581 | 1,659 | #219 | — |
| 2006 | 1,662 | 1,759 | #208 | #11,356 |
| 2005 | 1,716 | 1,831 | #203 | — |
| 2004 | 1,757 | 1,891 | #196 | #8,540 |
| 2003 | 1,785 | 1,941 | #179 | #11,839 |
| 2002 | 1,849 | 2,011 | #175 | #7,347 |
| 2001 | 1,699 | 1,830 | #193 | — |
| 2000 | 1,592 | 1,787 | #203 | #11,305 |
| 1999 | 1,615 | 1,830 | #194 | #9,307 |
| 1998 | 1,483 | 1,697 | #209 | #6,070 |
| 1997 | 1,478 | — | #201 | #6,945 |
| 1996 | 1,440 | — | #204 | #9,787 |
| 1995 | 1,190 | — | #241 | #6,687 |
| 1994 | 1,267 | — | #223 | #7,360 |
| 1993 | 1,208 | — | #234 | #5,189 |
| 1992 | 1,166 | — | #239 | #5,887 |
| 1991 | 1,099 | — | #258 | #4,938 |
| 1990 | 1,015 | — | #276 | #4,288 |
| 1989 | 984 | — | #279 | #3,270 |
| 1988 | 873 | — | #286 | #6,127 |
| 1987 | 877 | — | #283 | #4,756 |
| 1986 | 923 | — | #271 | #5,105 |
| 1985 | 914 | — | #278 | #3,693 |
| 1984 | 941 | — | #262 | #5,270 |
| 1983 | 946 | — | #254 | #5,870 |
| 1982 | 964 | — | #259 | #5,321 |
| 1981 | 993 | — | #252 | #5,212 |
| 1980 | 1,034 | — | #251 | #4,730 |
| 1979 | 1,091 | — | #239 | #3,694 |
| 1978 | 948 | — | #250 | — |
| 1977 | 1,005 | — | #248 | #6,342 |
| 1976 | 985 | — | #242 | #4,675 |
| 1975 | 1,013 | — | #242 | — |
| 1974 | 1,071 | — | #239 | #4,941 |
| 1973 | 1,117 | — | #230 | #4,805 |
| 1972 | 1,121 | — | #244 | — |
| 1971 | 1,425 | — | #216 | #3,803 |
| 1970 | 1,639 | — | #196 | #5,092 |
| 1969 | 1,541 | — | #205 | #4,713 |
| 1968 | 1,504 | — | #205 | — |
| 1967 | 1,646 | — | #190 | — |
| 1966 | 1,691 | — | #193 | #4,245 |
| 1965 | 1,814 | — | #188 | #2,695 |
| 1964 | 2,066 | — | #182 | #3,829 |
| 1963 | 2,007 | — | #189 | — |
| 1962 | 1,947 | — | #192 | — |
| 1961 | 1,880 | — | #195 | #3,001 |
| 1960 | 1,660 | — | #206 | #4,334 |
| 1959 | 1,640 | — | #207 | #4,285 |
| 1958 | 1,484 | — | #214 | — |
| 1957 | 1,529 | — | #215 | — |
| 1956 | 1,391 | — | #218 | — |
| 1955 | 1,205 | — | #234 | — |
| 1954 | 1,135 | — | #241 | — |
| 1953 | 941 | — | #266 | — |
| 1952 | 828 | — | #279 | — |
| 1951 | 722 | — | #292 | — |
| 1950 | 592 | — | #319 | — |
| 1949 | 480 | — | #361 | — |
| 1948 | 465 | — | #366 | — |
| 1947 | 504 | — | #359 | — |
| 1946 | 427 | — | #364 | — |
| 1945 | 319 | — | #397 | — |
| 1944 | 217 | — | #488 | — |
| 1943 | 218 | — | #505 | — |
| 1942 | 187 | — | #541 | — |
| 1941 | 148 | — | #575 | — |
| 1940 | 137 | — | #592 | — |
| 1939 | 122 | — | #611 | — |
| 1938 | 87 | — | #742 | — |
| 1937 | 81 | — | #756 | — |
| 1936 | 73 | — | #792 | — |
| 1935 | 38 | — | #1,148 | — |
| 1934 | 46 | — | #1,026 | — |
| 1933 | 32 | — | #1,276 | — |
| 1932 | 28 | — | #1,437 | — |
| 1931 | 19 | — | #1,831 | — |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #2,947 | — |
| 1929 | 10 | — | #3,038 | — |
| 1928 | 10 | — | #3,048 | — |
| 1927 | 11 | — | #2,957 | — |
| 1925 | 10 | — | #3,238 | — |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,755 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | — | #5,330 | — |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,836 | — |
| 1920 | 5 | — | #5,353 | — |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #5,173 | — |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,907 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | — | #3,733 | — |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,615 | — |