Meaning and history
This name comes from two plants, the true calla (Calla palustris) and the calla lily (Calla aethiopica), both of which have white flowers and grow in marshy areas; it may also have been inspired by Greek κάλλος (kallos), meaning “beauty.”
20062006: 87 births, rank #2,206
2007: 92 births, rank #2,163
2008: 96 births, rank #2,106
2009: 107 births, rank #1,947
2010: 134 births, rank #1,611
20112011: 104 births, rank #1,909
2012: 120 births, rank #1,719
2013: 139 births, rank #1,557
2014: 140 births, rank #1,552
2015: 140 births, rank #1,566
20162016: 164 births, rank #1,412
2017: 176 births, rank #1,321
2018: 122 births, rank #1,692
2019: 111 births, rank #1,833
2020: 135 births, rank #1,559
20212021: 134 births, rank #1,562
2022: 135 births, rank #1,573
2023: 130 births, rank #1,603
2024: 143 births, rank #1,509
20252025: 156 births, rank #1,396
Calla rose from #994 to #990 for girls between 1895 and 1897. Its highest annual birth count came in 1886, with 12 births.