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In 2024, 3,060 girls in the United States were named Clara, making it the 78th most popular girl's name that year.
It has climbed sharply, from 108th a decade earlier.
Its busiest year on record was 1918, with 5,800 births.
Records for Clara go back to 1880, and 297,914 babies have been given the name since.
A Latin name meaning "bright" or "clear". Its vintage charm and luminous meaning feel both pure and elegant.
Clara is of Latin origin, described as vintage in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 3,060 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
A Latin name meaning "bright" or "clear". Its vintage charm and luminous meaning feel both pure and elegant.
Clara is of Latin origin, and is usually described as vintage in style.
In 2024, 3,060 girls in the United States were named Clara, making it the 78th most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 3,060 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Clay is a shorter name in current US use that share the opening of Clara.