Kala comes from the Hawaiian / Hebrew tradition, meaning Princess, Lady-like.
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How popular is Kala?
1989peak year
Today, Kala is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6447), with only about 20 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1989, 525 babies were given the name (ranked #462 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Kala has been declining in recent years. In all, around 7,762 babies have been registered as Kala since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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