Kalla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAL-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Kalla is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Kalla mean?
Greek: spelling of Calla, from Greek kallos
“beauty”
A spelling of Calla, after the white calla lily.
Is Kalla a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 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, 14 girls in the US were named Kalla, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1986, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had more girls named Kalla than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Kalla in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 183 girls in the US were given Kalla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,115, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
Kalla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
Names like Kalla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Kaitlyn Teagan Mckenna Keyla Kira Kinley Lainey Kenna Brynlee Kennedy Brooklyn
Other spellings of Kalla
Names related to Kalla
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kalla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalla, updated 20 October 2026.