Over the past 110 years, 64 boys and 86 347 girls have been named Karla. The name Karla ranks 6570th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Karla in 1979. The peak of popularity of the name Karla came in the 1970s and 1990s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.