Calla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAL-a
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,396 for girls
Big in Scotland
Calla is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “calla lily”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 1,396th for girls in the US (156 babies).
What does Calla mean?
English: flower name, the calla lily
“calla lily”
The flower's name is often linked to Greek kallos, 'beauty'.
Is Calla a girl's or a boy's name?
Calla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 156 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Calla, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Calla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Calla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
How popular is Calla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,396among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 156about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 156 girls in the US were named Calla, making it the 1,396th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,559th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 176 girls.
2025 had more girls named Calla than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Calla in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 183 girls in the US were given Calla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,115, up from #1,396 for this spelling alone.
Calla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | #1,396 |
| 2024 | 143 | #1,509 |
| 2023 | 130 | #1,603 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,573 |
| 2021 | 134 | #1,562 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,559 |
| 2019 | 111 | #1,833 |
| 2018 | 122 | #1,692 |
| 2017 | 176 | #1,321 |
| 2016 | 164 | #1,412 |
| 2015 | 140 | #1,566 |
| 2014 | 140 | #1,552 |
| 2013 | 139 | #1,557 |
| 2012 | 120 | #1,719 |
| 2011 | 104 | #1,909 |
| 2010 | 134 | #1,611 |
| 2009 | 107 | #1,947 |
| 2008 | 96 | #2,106 |
| 2007 | 92 | #2,163 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,238 |
| 2004 | 71 | #2,393 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,264 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 39 | #2,570 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,552 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,518 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,208 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,101 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 11 | #982 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 11 | #986 |
| 1894 | 11 | #950 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 9 | #788 |
| 1886 | 12 | #657 |
| 1885 | 8 | #793 |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 8 | #678 |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Names like Calla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Orla Clara Cora Nova Nora Ivy Luna Bella Hallie Isla Ava Lily
Other spellings of Calla
Names related to Calla
Callie Cally Calia Callia Calli Cayla Caela Caleah Calaya Caliah Caila
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calla, updated 20 October 2026.