How Many People Are Named Cala?
An estimated 477 people in the United States have the first name Cala. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Cala peaked in popularity in 1990 with 30 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cala as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cala paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
477
About 1 in 718,563 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
1990
30 births
Total Registered
493
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cala
Cala is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 493 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Cala as a female name
Ranked #11,263 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 1990 (30 births)
Cala: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cala span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 185 babies were registered. Cala has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cala by Decade
How has Cala tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cala + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cala as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cala
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cala: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cala?
We estimate approximately 477 people named Cala are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 718,563 Americans share this first name.
Is Cala a common name?
Cala is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 493 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cala most popular?
Cala reached peak popularity in 1990, when 30 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cala is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cala a female name?
Cala is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cala Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cala Smith, Cala Johnson, Cala Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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