How Many People Are Named Kla?
An estimated 239 people in the United States have the first name Kla. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Kla peaked in popularity in 2000 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kla 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 Kla paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
239
About 1 in 1,434,119 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2000
16 births
Total Registered
245
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kla
Kla is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 245 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kla as a female name
Ranked #16,863 in 2019
5 female births in 2019
Peak: 2000 (16 births)
Kla: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kla span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 108 babies were registered. While Kla is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Kla by Decade
How has Kla 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.
Kla by State
Kla + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kla
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kla: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kla?
We estimate approximately 239 people named Kla 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 1,434,119 Americans share this first name.
Is Kla a common name?
Kla is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 245 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kla most popular?
Kla reached peak popularity in 2000, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kla is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kla a female name?
Kla is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kla Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kla Smith, Kla Johnson, Kla 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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