Clara Girl
How popular is Clara?
#63 girl name in 2025
3,601 baby girls were named Clara in the US in 2025, making it the 63rd most popular girl name.
Clara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #63 for girls (▲ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,601 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #98 in 2015, #103 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (5,778 girls) |
| Highest rank | #7 in 1885 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Clara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Clara family of names ranked #86 for girls in 2025 (#105 the year before), with 3,720 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clara | 3,601 | 97% |
| Klara | 112 | 3% |
| Clarah | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Clara is most popular
Babies named Clara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 6.6 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- South Dakota: 6.1 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- District of Columbia: 5.8 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- Montana: 5.5 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Nebraska: 5.3 per 1,000 (190 girls)
Clara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17,717 | #7 |
| 1890s | 25,473 | #9 |
| 1900s | 23,899 | #18 |
| 1910s | 44,346 | #32 |
| 1920s | 48,183 | #44 |
| 1930s | 31,658 | #61 |
| 1940s | 20,028 | #111 |
| 1950s | 12,768 | #178 |
| 1960s | 6,505 | #309 |
| 1970s | 3,290 | #487 |
| 1980s | 3,668 | #511 |
| 1990s | 6,266 | #370 |
| 2000s | 12,789 | #199 |
| 2010s | 26,657 | #95 |
| 2020s | 17,277 | #63 |
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Questions
- Is Clara a boy or girl name?
- Clara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Clara were girls.
- How popular is the name Clara?
- 3,601 baby girls were named Clara in the US in 2025, making it the 63rd most popular girl name.
- When was Clara most popular?
- Clara peaked in 1918, when 5,778 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #7 in 1885.
- How many people are named Clara?
- 301,540 babies have been named Clara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 108,221 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Clara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Clara was most common in Vermont, at 6.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.