Karla: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KAHR-luh · 2 syllables

By surface analysis, Karl + -a.

How popular is Karla?

Karla was the #799 name in the US in 2025, given to 340 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 45% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Karla in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Karla are older than 47; most are between 20 and 73. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Karla have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Karla is pronounced KAHR-luh.

Karla was the #799 name in the US in 2025, given to 340 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 45% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Karla are older than 47. Most are between 20 and 73.