Calla
Calla is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 142 births. Its best rank was 633rd, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1420.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2017176 births
- Best rank
- #633in 1881
- Since 1880
- 4,251people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,251 girls have been named Calla in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 176 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 32%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Calla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 79 | |
| 1890s | 83 | |
| 1900s | 51 | |
| 1910s | 97 | |
| 1920s | 100 | |
| 1930s | 59 | |
| 1940s | 52 | |
| 1950s | 111 | |
| 1960s | 51 | |
| 1970s | 66 | |
| 1980s | 266 | |
| 1990s | 440 | |
| 2000s | 770 | |
| 2010s | 1,350 | |
| 2020s | 676 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Calla was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Calla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Phoebepeak 2024
- Emeliapeak 2019
- Amaliepeak 2011
- Isadorapeak 2024
- Indianapeak 2021
- Lilianpeak 2007
- Emmalinepeak 2014
- Calliepeak 2014
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.