Kala
Rank in 2025
#9457
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
10
girls 10
Peak year
1989
525 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
7,772
since 1943
Born a Kala? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kala was most popular in 1989, when 525 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.28 per 1,000). In 2025, 10 babies were named Kala, ranking #9457 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 30%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 9457 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 12 | 8443 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 18 | 6409 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 12 | 8542 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 15 | 7250 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 22 | 5487 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 20 | 5986 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 19 | 6248 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 22 | 5661 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 30 | 4632 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 4584 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 14 | 8053 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 22 | 5834 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 23 | 5710 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 16 | 7436 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 29 | 4860 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 26 | 5378 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 55 | 3084 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 33 | 4475 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 47 | 3414 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 61 | 2731 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 75 | 2309 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 80 | 2167 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 118 | 1573 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 136 | 1396 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 153 | 1270 | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | 171 | 1143 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 190 | 1040 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 209 | 949 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 234 | 852 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 308 | 691 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 315 | 673 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 351 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 354 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 426 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 438 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 525 | 462 | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | 462 | 491 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 381 | 529 | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | 273 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 223 | 765 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 199 | 798 | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | 277 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 217 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 54 | 1958 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 53 | 1981 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 49 | 2050 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 54 | 1841 | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | 51 | 1922 | 7 | 4582 |
| 1976 | 44 | 1996 | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | 36 | 2278 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 41 | 2029 | 7 | 4190 |
| 1973 | 35 | 2223 | 6 | 4505 |
| 1972 | 27 | 2598 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 50 | 1772 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 38 | 2120 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 37 | 2058 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 24 | 2538 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 31 | 2117 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 27 | 2308 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 25 | 2411 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 30 | 2195 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 34 | 2015 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 30 | 2163 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 30 | 2150 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 30 | 2097 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 21 | 2517 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 23 | 2376 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 16 | 2926 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 15 | 3048 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 19 | 2553 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 9 | 3967 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 15 | 2812 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 17 | 2581 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 6 | 4833 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 8 | 3962 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | 4235 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 10 | 3350 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 5295 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 8 | 3665 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | 4556 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 8 | 3378 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 7 | 3801 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years