Feminine dossier · first seen 1890

Carla

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Carla
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.7% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

5,821

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1890Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

95.7%

2024

252

All-time

150,163

Carla once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 5,821 girls were named Carla.

In 2024, only 252 girls were given the name.

Down 95.7% from its peak.

All told, about 150,163 Americans have been named Carla and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1890.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.7% from peak

19625,821 girls named Carla

2024252 girls named Carla

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