Kalla
Kalla is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kalla
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kalla is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kalla
The earliest SSA record of Kalla as a baby girl name dates back to 1985, when 6 babies received it. 1986 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Kalla — #4,027 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Kalla on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Kalla last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 320 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Kalla
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kalla. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Kalla
Kalla is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 320 births in the dataset. Kalla's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #4,027. Use the chart and map above to compare Kalla's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.