Calla

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Calla: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Calla: Recorded since 1997, it reached #418 in 2022, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#418highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2001	#3262
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#3197
2005	#2247
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#3422
2010	#5707
2012	#4838
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#2328
2016	#2966
2017	#1457
2018	#1711
2019	#5591
2020	#2843
2021	#3192
2022	#3533
2023	#2927
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #2000 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1997–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2016–2022
Highest recorded position: #418 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2016–2022).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Calla appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 179 births with the name.

Calla across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Calla's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2411 (1997)	#1457 (2017)	#2000 (2024)	26 of 28	179 (1997–2024)	22 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#896 (2018)	#885 (2025)	#885 (2025)	2 of 8	6 (2018–2025)	3 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#440 (2016)	#418 (2022)	#418 (2022)	3 of 7	9 (2016–2022)	3 (2016)

Calla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Calla in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	42	9 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	80	9 of 10	9
2020s	43	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Calla appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #418 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Calla's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1997 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #418, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Callam · #339, 18y
Callan · #36, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elara · #418, 23y
Fox · #418, 27y
Hadley · #418, 29y
Margaux · #418, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Annie-Rose · #418, 24y
Fox · #418, 27y
Hadley · #418, 29y
Isabela · #418, 28y

Calla was ranked #418 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Calla and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Calla without appearing here.

Calla moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1711 and #5666.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #4843.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #4843.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Calla

Dylan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1711 and #1887 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #1562.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1711 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2458.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #1893.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.

Moved the opposite way to Calla

Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Calla went from #3409 to #2000 while Teddy went from #4137 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Calla

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Calla went from #5707 to #2000 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.
Martine Compare
Between 1997 and 2010 in England and Wales · Girls, Calla went from #2411 to #5707 and Martine from #1543 to #5707.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Calla went from #4050 to #2000 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Calla went from #4050 to #2000 and Noah from #5742 to #1743.

What's not yet available

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Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1997 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #418 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Calla

Calla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Calla across 3 official records

Calla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Calla appears in

Popularity data

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Calla across 3 official records

Calla by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Calla

Calla and the names beside it

Calla moved ahead of

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