Kala
Kala is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 462nd, in 1989.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1989525 births
- Best rank
- #462in 1989
- Since 1943
- 7,670people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,670 girls have been named Kala in the United States since 1943, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 525 births.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 525 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 39%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1989, its biggest year
Kala was the 462nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1989 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Kala
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Meaganpeak 1990
- Krystenpeak 1988
- Krystapeak 1993
- Krystinpeak 1989
- Meaghanpeak 1986
- Keoshapeak 1992
- Ashliepeak 1988
- Shainapeak 1988
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.