girls:
679 births since 1961
#5037 (12th percentile)
overall:
679 births since 1961
#7060 (9th percentile)
The name Kahla is the #7,060 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 679 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,037 (11.8% percentile) for all time with 679 births since 1961.
Kahla first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for girls in 1961). Birth data for Kahla is available in 32 out of the 52 years between 1961 and 2012. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kahla reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #809) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 28 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kahla".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kahla. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.1% confident that Kahla is pronounced as KAH-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-luh, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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