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Karla

femaleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A Swedish pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Licence: CC0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #433 to #3151.200020052010201520202025#433#3151
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#459
1997#433
1998#480
1999#490
2000#565
2001#657
2002#667
2003#759
2004#840
2005#756
2006#855
2007#942
2008#845
2009#1004
2010#1180
2011#1374
2012#1253
2013#1484
2014#2058
2015#1497
2016#1749
2017#2090
2018#1649
2019#3151
2020#1687
2021#2341
2022#1767
2023#1525
2024#2115
2025#2605

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 27 of the 78 years from 1948 to 2025.

In 2025: #266 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2605 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1948–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1948

    First recorded at #366 among girls in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #2605 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1948 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1975.

Karla'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#260510HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#211513HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#152520HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#176716HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#234111HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#168717HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#31517HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#164918HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#209013HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#174917HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#149721HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#205813HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#148421HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#125326HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#137422HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#118027HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#100432HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#84539HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#94232HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#85535HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#75638HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#84032HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#75936HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#66740HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#65739HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#56548HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#49059HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#48060HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#43369HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#45963HighVerified
1975New Zealandfemale#8862HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandfemale#3654HighVerified
2011Northern Irelandfemale#4443HighVerified
2010Northern Irelandfemale#4303HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandfemale#19010HighVerified
2008Northern Irelandfemale#3704HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandfemale#4133HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandfemale#3843HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandfemale#3773HighVerified
2003Northern Irelandfemale#2844HighVerified
2002Northern Irelandfemale#2525HighVerified
2001Northern Irelandfemale#2067HighVerified
2000Northern Irelandfemale#2824HighVerified
1999Northern Irelandfemale#2914HighVerified
1998Northern Irelandfemale#15512HighVerified
1997Northern Irelandfemale#3583HighVerified
2025Norwayfemale#26615HighVerified
2024Norwayfemale#32211HighVerified
2023Norwayfemale#35310HighVerified
2022Norwayfemale#26415HighVerified
2021Norwayfemale#26614HighVerified
2020Norwayfemale#32611HighVerified
2019Norwayfemale#28714HighVerified
2018Norwayfemale#3919HighVerified
2017Norwayfemale#28517HighVerified
2016Norwayfemale#33414HighVerified
2015Norwayfemale#39210HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#4587HighVerified
2013Norwayfemale#36412HighVerified
2012Norwayfemale#5864HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#4757HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#4299HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#4389HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#5625HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#5655HighVerified
1994Norwayfemale#6374HighVerified
1992Norwayfemale#6584HighVerified
1990Norwayfemale#5237HighVerified
1987Norwayfemale#6145HighVerified
1984Norwayfemale#6554HighVerified
1980Norwayfemale#4957HighVerified
1952Norwayfemale#4154HighVerified
1948Norwayfemale#3665HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#7184HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#6255HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#7004HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#7344HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#8733HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#5816HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#5367HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#5407HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#6775HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#4659HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#44410HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#43910HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#40311HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#6245HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#32512HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#3988HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#28712HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#26313HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#22916HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandfemale#27811HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandfemale#26911HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandfemale#19418HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandfemale#25210HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandfemale#27513HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandfemale#3338HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandfemale#27212HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandfemale#23215HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandfemale#27512HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandfemale#3637HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandfemale#28411HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandfemale#25713HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandfemale#27212HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandfemale#3299HighVerified
1987Republic of Irelandfemale#23917HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandfemale#29411HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandfemale#29211HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandfemale#25215HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandfemale#3319HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandfemale#3558HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandfemale#4714HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandfemale#3528HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandfemale#3637HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandfemale#29112HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandfemale#3796HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandfemale#4025HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandfemale#4713HighVerified

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

Where Karla is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Karla, between 1948 and 2025, in 53 of those 78 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1948Norway: recorded in 1952Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2022Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1987Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1988Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1999New ZealandNew Zealand: recorded in 1975New Zealand: highest position in 1975England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 1997Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1997Northern Ireland: recorded in 1998Northern Ireland: recorded in 1999Northern Ireland: recorded in 2000Northern Ireland: recorded in 2001Northern Ireland: recorded in 2002Northern Ireland: recorded in 2003Northern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2008Northern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2010Northern Ireland: recorded in 2011Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: highest position in 199819482025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1948–202527#264 in 2022
Republic of Ireland1972–202546#194 in 1999
New Zealand19751#88 in 1975
England and Wales1996–202530#433 in 1997
Northern Ireland1997–201415#155 in 1998

Its high point came 47 years earlier in New Zealand (1975) than in Norway (2022).

No registrar recorded it for 19 years after 1952; it appears again in 1972.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What is known about Karla

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
5 official registrars, 1948–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Reported
A recorded pronunciation is available.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 5 regions, from 1948 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.