Kala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-la
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Kala is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Kala mean?
Several sources, including Sanskrit and Hawaiian
In Sanskrit kala means art or skill, and in Hawaiian Kala is the form of Sarah.
Is Kala a girl's or a boy's name?
Kala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kala in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 6 girls.
Kala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Kala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Kala, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1989, with 525 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had fewer girls named Kala than any year since 1954.
Half of all the girls named Kala in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 55 | #3,083 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 75 | #2,306 |
| 2003 | 80 | #2,164 |
| 2002 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 2001 | 136 | #1,395 |
| 2000 | 153 | #1,268 |
| 1999 | 171 | #1,141 |
| 1998 | 190 | #1,039 |
| 1997 | 209 | #948 |
| 1996 | 234 | #852 |
| 1995 | 308 | #691 |
| 1994 | 315 | #673 |
| 1993 | 351 | #638 |
| 1992 | 354 | #635 |
| 1991 | 426 | #551 |
| 1990 | 438 | #542 |
| 1989 | 525 | #462 |
| 1988 | 462 | #491 |
| 1987 | 381 | #529 |
| 1986 | 273 | #670 |
| 1985 | 223 | #765 |
| 1984 | 199 | #798 |
| 1983 | 277 | #624 |
| 1982 | 217 | #761 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,958 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,981 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,050 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 51 | #1,922 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,996 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,278 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,029 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,058 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,194 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,552 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
Names like Kala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Layla, Kehlani, Koa, Alani, Xyla, Kyla, Kiara, Jessica, Keira, Kayla, Kaia
Names related to Kala
Kali, Kaila, Kalia, Kalila, Kaliah, Kaylah, Khawla, Kaleah, Kalea, Khalia
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, “Kala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kala, updated 20 October 2026.