Kala

girls:

7.7k births since 1943

#1861 (67th percentile)

boys:

92 births since 1972

#4494 (2nd percentile)

overall:

7.7k births since 1943

#3064 (60th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kala".

1943 2023 19432023

Key Statistics

Total Births
7,657
Peak Births
525
Peak Year
1989
First Recorded
1943
Peak Percentile
50.2%
Current Percentile
1.4%
Peak Rank
#411
Current Rank
#934
Female statistics
Total Births
92
Peak Births
9
Peak Year
1989
First Recorded
1972
Peak Percentile
0.9%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#643
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Kala

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kala. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 59.1% confident that Kala is pronounced as KAH-luh. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-luh, at 22.7% confidence.

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59.1%
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22.7%
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18.2%
KUH-luh (2 syllables)
18.2% confidence
K AH1 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Kala. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Kala, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KA-luh (2 syllables)
9 names 7k births
K AE1 L AH0
KAY-uh-luh (3 syllables)
3 names 1.2k births
K EY1 AH0 L AH0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K AA1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.