Cala
#10,246 in 2025Girls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Cala has been given to 502 babies in the U.S. since 1950. In 2025 it ranked #10,246 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 30 recorded.
Babies named Cala, 2025
1 in 368,000
Cala over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Cala?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 368,000
- 9 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 179,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #10,246
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 255,323 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Cala sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cala. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Calas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Cala was born before 1997 — so the typical Cala is around 28 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 36.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 38.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 502
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 36.9% of all recorded uses (185).
Is Cala rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,060
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −562
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,792
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.13×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 30.0%
- Peak was 1990 (30)
- Years since peak
- 35
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 31.3% average annual change
Spellings of Cala
Cala is not the most common spelling — Sara is, with 7.3% against Cala's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Cala around the world
Where Cala ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada2013–2013#2,840in 2013
- South Australia2000–2000#727in 2000
Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Cala by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Cala
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Cala
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.