Cala
Girl · KAH-la · Spanish
Cala is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “small bay, cove”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Cala mean?
Spanish: Spanish word; also a spelling of Calla
“small bay, cove”
In Spanish and Catalan a cala is a small rocky bay, a word found in many Mediterranean place names.
- Say it
- KAH-la
Is Cala a girl's or a boy's name?
Cala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Cala, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Cala in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
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