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, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Karla: Recorded since 1948, with a gap of 19 years, it reached #88 in 1975, and it stood at #266 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
118times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#88highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Karla's record

Absent from every published list for 19 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
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

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.

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

Popularity journey

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
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #266 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Karla appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 46 ranked years and 429 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1948.

Karla across 4 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.

Karla'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
Norway · Girls	#366 (1948)	#264 (2022)	#266 (2025)	27 of 78	238 (1948–2025)	17 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#471 (1972)	#194 (1999)	#718 (2025)	46 of 54	429 (1972–2025)	18 (1999)
England and Wales · Girls	#459 (1996)	#433 (1997)	#2115 (2024)	29 of 29	884 (1996–2024)	69 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#155 (1998)	#365 (2014)	15 of 18	72 (1997–2014)	12 (1998)

Karla by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Karla in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	33	5 of 10	7
1980s	104	10 of 10	10
1990sbusiest	119	10 of 10	12
2000s	109	10 of 10	11
2010s	51	8 of 10	6
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Karla 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 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.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1004	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#845	39	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#942	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#855	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#756	38	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#840	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#759	36	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#667	40	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#657	39	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#565	48	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#490	59	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#480	60	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#433	69	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#459	63	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	female	#88	62	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#155	12	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#266	15	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#322	11	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#353	10	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#264	15	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#266	14	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#326	11	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#287	14	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#391	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#285	17	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#334	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#392	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#458	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#364	12	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#586	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#475	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#429	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#438	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#562	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#565	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#637	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#658	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#523	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#614	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#655	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#495	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#415	4	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#366	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	12	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	16	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	18	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	13	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	15	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	12	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	13	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	17	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#292	11	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	15	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	8	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	12	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1948 and 2025, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #88, first reached in 1975.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 19 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1972, and 49 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.

Karissa · #2717, 20y
Karl · #33, 81y
Karlee · #894, 9y
Karleigh · #873, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Felicity · #88, 51y
Alistair · #87, 51y
Micheal · #86, 58y
Ted · #90, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Mohamed · #88, 81y
Ahmed · #89, 80y
Axel · #87, 79y
Oddbjørg · #89, 33y

Karla was ranked #88 in New Zealand · Girls in 1975. 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.

Karla 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 Karla without appearing here.

Karla moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1649 and #4684.
Suzanne Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2869 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #3447.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1525 and #2689.
Jordan Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2341 and #1866 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1767 and #2888.

Moved ahead of Karla

Eileen Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1649 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #1316.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Linda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1484 and #1639 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #1016.
Elaine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1525 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #1160.

Moved the opposite way to Karla

Abigail Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karla went from #471 to #718 while Abigail went from #332 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karla went from #471 to #718 while Alice went from #142 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karla went from #471 to #718 while Anna went from #55 to #26.
Annie Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karla went from #471 to #718 while Annie went from #237 to #33.

Moved the same way as Karla

Hege Compare
Between 1948 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Karla went from #366 to #586 and Hege from #251 to #580.
Mette Compare
Between 1948 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Karla went from #366 to #586 and Mette from #58 to #542.
Vibeke Compare
Between 1948 and 2008 in Norway · Girls, Karla went from #366 to #562 and Vibeke from #173 to #458.
Audrey Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Karla went from #471 to #718 and Audrey from #56 to #885.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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 5 regions, from 1948 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karla

Karla at a glance

What stands out in Karla's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karla across 4 official records

Karla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Karla appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Karla

Karla and the names beside it

Karla moved ahead of

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Karla at a glance

What stands out in Karla's record

Karla across 4 official records

Karla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Karla appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Karla

Karla and the names beside it

Karla moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Karla

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