Chiara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-AR-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #601 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,065 for girls
Chiara is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, clear”. In 2025 it ranked 601st for girls in the UK (71 babies) and 1,065th for girls in the US (228 babies).
What does Chiara mean?
Latin: Italian form of Clara, from Latin clarus
“bright, clear”
St Clare of Assisi, a follower of St Francis, is known in Italian as Santa Chiara.
Is Chiara a girl's or a boy's name?
Chiara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 71 girls in the UK and 228 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chiara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 601st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 71 about 1 in 3,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 71 girls in the UK were named Chiara, making it the 601st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 81 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chiara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 76 girls in the UK were given Chiara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #542, up from #601 for this spelling alone.
- Chiara 71
- Kyara 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 580th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Chiara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #601 |
| 2024 | 56 | #725 |
| 2023 | 81 | #528 |
| 2022 | 66 | #628 |
| 2021 | 64 | #658 |
| 2020 | 55 | #730 |
| 2019 | 48 | #839 |
| 2018 | 67 | #661 |
| 2017 | 57 | #767 |
| 2016 | 56 | #767 |
| 2015 | 59 | #730 |
| 2014 | 49 | #850 |
| 2013 | 42 | #949 |
| 2012 | 48 | #857 |
| 2011 | 51 | #785 |
| 2010 | 76 | #578 |
| 2009 | 53 | #752 |
| 2008 | 68 | #611 |
| 2007 | 67 | #598 |
| 2006 | 77 | #528 |
| 2005 | 75 | #509 |
| 2004 | 68 | #524 |
| 2003 | 76 | #484 |
| 2002 | 72 | #478 |
| 2001 | 63 | #516 |
| 2000 | 60 | #531 |
| 1999 | 54 | #571 |
| 1998 | 65 | #500 |
| 1997 | 72 | #468 |
| 1996 | 38 | #689 |
How popular is Chiara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,065th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 228 about 1 in 7,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 228 girls in the US were named Chiara, making it the 1,065th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,327th. It first appears in the records in 1951.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Chiara of any year since it first appeared, in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Chiara in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 313 girls in the US were given Chiara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #1,065 for this spelling alone.
Chiara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 228 | #1,065 |
| 2024 | 219 | #1,114 |
| 2023 | 202 | #1,186 |
| 2022 | 182 | #1,295 |
| 2021 | 206 | #1,181 |
| 2020 | 166 | #1,327 |
| 2019 | 152 | #1,452 |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,391 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,591 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,628 |
| 2015 | 111 | #1,850 |
| 2014 | 131 | #1,634 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,529 |
| 2012 | 111 | #1,823 |
| 2011 | 134 | #1,612 |
| 2010 | 145 | #1,536 |
| 2009 | 183 | #1,317 |
| 2008 | 155 | #1,504 |
| 2007 | 177 | #1,365 |
| 2006 | 173 | #1,342 |
| 2005 | 183 | #1,239 |
| 2004 | 202 | #1,126 |
| 2003 | 186 | #1,159 |
| 2002 | 203 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 139 | #1,367 |
| 2000 | 120 | #1,516 |
| 1999 | 122 | #1,429 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,707 |
| 1997 | 100 | #1,593 |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,581 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,498 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,900 |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,212 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,923 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 49 | #2,197 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,194 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,614 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,671 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,189 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,008 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Names like Chiara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiaraoluwa, Chioma, Temiloluwa, Ireoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Chidera, Adesuwa, Inioluwa, Chimkasimma, Chizara, Eriifeoluwa, Anjolaoluwa
Other spellings of Chiara
Names related to Chiara
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Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chiara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chiara, updated 20 October 2026.