Carla

Meaning and origin of Carla

Popularity of Carla in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2004.
• Over recent years, Carla has been falling (−6.3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Carla every 19 schools, all spellings combined.

Carla in English-speaking countries

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  357^th girls’ name32 babies in 3 years1 girl in 2,027

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  668^th girls’ name165 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,654−3.5% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  687^th girls’ name10 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,438

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,016^th girls’ name744 babies in 3 years1 girl in 6,495+0.4% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,237^th girls’ name21 babies in 3 years1 girl in 7,357

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Karla (in French)45

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Carla

• Charlize
• Charline
• Astrid
• Mina
• Ada
• Clotilde
• Fanta
• Mahaut
• Bertille
• Anouk
• Ema
• Mahault

See also

• →French names of Germanic origin