Clara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KLAH-ra
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #73 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #63 for girls
Vintage revival
Clara is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, clear”. In 2025 it ranked 73rd for girls in the UK (705 babies) and 63rd for girls in the US (3,601 babies).
What does Clara mean?
Latin: from Latin clarus
“bright, clear”
Clara Schumann was a celebrated 19th-century pianist and composer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Clara a girl's or a boy's name?
Clara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 705 girls in the UK and 3,601 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #73among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 705about 1 in 390 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 705 girls in the UK were named Clara, making it the 73rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 88th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 725 girls.
2025 had more girls named Clara than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Clara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 761 girls in the UK were given Clara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #76.
- Clara 705
- Klara 56
Among girls in 2025, it was 77th in England and Wales, 82nd in Scotland and 39th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#59), 1914 (#76) and 2024 (#84).
Clara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 705 | #73 |
| 2024 | 661 | #81 |
| 2023 | 590 | #91 |
| 2022 | 602 | #92 |
| 2021 | 649 | #93 |
| 2020 | 653 | #88 |
| 2019 | 681 | #86 |
| 2018 | 718 | #82 |
| 2017 | 725 | #81 |
| 2016 | 699 | #90 |
| 2015 | 703 | #93 |
| 2014 | 543 | #117 |
| 2013 | 455 | #134 |
| 2012 | 332 | #172 |
| 2011 | 279 | #204 |
| 2010 | 301 | #194 |
| 2009 | 247 | #224 |
| 2008 | 267 | #217 |
| 2007 | 257 | #226 |
| 2006 | 206 | #257 |
| 2005 | 183 | #267 |
| 2004 | 182 | #266 |
| 2003 | 181 | #270 |
| 2002 | 151 | #290 |
| 2001 | 150 | #289 |
| 2000 | 127 | #313 |
| 1999 | 137 | #294 |
| 1998 | 131 | #311 |
| 1997 | 142 | #287 |
| 1996 | 114 | #343 |
How popular is Clara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #63among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3,601about 1 in 450 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3,601 girls in the US were named Clara, making it the 63rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 103rd. Its busiest year was 1918, with 5,778 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Clara than any year since 1931.
Half of all the girls named Clara in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,601 | #63 |
| 2024 | 3,072 | #78 |
| 2023 | 2,662 | #98 |
| 2022 | 2,553 | #110 |
| 2021 | 2,693 | #102 |
| 2020 | 2,696 | #103 |
| 2019 | 2,951 | #95 |
| 2018 | 2,892 | #103 |
| 2017 | 3,045 | #95 |
| 2016 | 3,075 | #100 |
| 2015 | 3,070 | #98 |
| 2014 | 2,860 | #108 |
| 2013 | 2,508 | #131 |
| 2012 | 2,336 | #136 |
| 2011 | 2,078 | #151 |
| 2010 | 1,842 | #167 |
| 2009 | 1,650 | #199 |
| 2008 | 1,654 | #204 |
| 2007 | 1,555 | #225 |
| 2006 | 1,497 | #231 |
| 2005 | 1,332 | #246 |
| 2004 | 1,173 | #282 |
| 2003 | 1,060 | #294 |
| 2002 | 1,031 | #302 |
| 2001 | 958 | #323 |
| 2000 | 879 | #353 |
| 1999 | 794 | #370 |
| 1998 | 768 | #371 |
| 1997 | 654 | #399 |
| 1996 | 669 | #395 |
| 1995 | 662 | #396 |
| 1994 | 592 | #427 |
| 1993 | 596 | #418 |
| 1992 | 536 | #460 |
| 1991 | 528 | #464 |
| 1990 | 467 | #514 |
| 1989 | 427 | #536 |
| 1988 | 421 | #523 |
| 1987 | 406 | #513 |
| 1986 | 388 | #527 |
| 1985 | 357 | #553 |
| 1984 | 319 | #578 |
| 1983 | 310 | #577 |
| 1982 | 327 | #562 |
| 1981 | 321 | #579 |
| 1980 | 392 | #511 |
| 1979 | 342 | #547 |
| 1978 | 287 | #594 |
| 1977 | 297 | #581 |
| 1976 | 314 | #548 |
| 1975 | 337 | #522 |
| 1974 | 317 | #527 |
| 1973 | 332 | #515 |
| 1972 | 367 | #487 |
| 1971 | 339 | #540 |
| 1970 | 358 | #529 |
| 1969 | 417 | #471 |
| 1968 | 413 | #473 |
| 1967 | 515 | #404 |
| 1966 | 551 | #387 |
| 1965 | 569 | #386 |
| 1964 | 699 | #357 |
| 1963 | 750 | #345 |
| 1962 | 798 | #331 |
| 1961 | 878 | #314 |
| 1960 | 915 | #309 |
| 1959 | 986 | #287 |
| 1958 | 1,027 | #276 |
| 1957 | 1,109 | #258 |
| 1956 | 1,147 | #247 |
| 1955 | 1,300 | #224 |
| 1954 | 1,185 | #234 |
| 1953 | 1,383 | #212 |
| 1952 | 1,511 | #196 |
| 1951 | 1,550 | #186 |
| 1950 | 1,570 | #178 |
| 1949 | 1,711 | #168 |
| 1948 | 1,793 | #160 |
| 1947 | 1,935 | #150 |
| 1946 | 1,913 | #145 |
| 1945 | 1,800 | #136 |
| 1944 | 1,931 | #134 |
| 1943 | 2,083 | #133 |
| 1942 | 2,246 | #122 |
| 1941 | 2,300 | #111 |
| 1940 | 2,316 | #111 |
| 1939 | 2,451 | #103 |
| 1938 | 2,662 | #98 |
| 1937 | 2,573 | #100 |
| 1936 | 2,684 | #91 |
| 1935 | 3,067 | #81 |
| 1934 | 3,222 | #76 |
| 1933 | 3,412 | #67 |
| 1932 | 3,564 | #70 |
| 1931 | 3,899 | #61 |
| 1930 | 4,124 | #64 |
| 1929 | 4,148 | #65 |
| 1928 | 4,106 | #65 |
| 1927 | 4,365 | #63 |
| 1926 | 4,464 | #61 |
| 1925 | 4,776 | #55 |
| 1924 | 4,988 | #56 |
| 1923 | 5,134 | #49 |
| 1922 | 5,126 | #47 |
| 1921 | 5,606 | #45 |
| 1920 | 5,470 | #44 |
| 1919 | 5,404 | #43 |
| 1918 | 5,778 | #43 |
| 1917 | 5,626 | #41 |
| 1916 | 5,544 | #39 |
| 1915 | 5,285 | #38 |
| 1914 | 4,240 | #37 |
| 1913 | 3,633 | #36 |
| 1912 | 3,480 | #34 |
| 1911 | 2,691 | #33 |
| 1910 | 2,665 | #32 |
| 1909 | 2,403 | #32 |
| 1908 | 2,352 | #31 |
| 1907 | 2,319 | #29 |
| 1906 | 2,228 | #27 |
| 1905 | 2,397 | #22 |
| 1904 | 2,281 | #24 |
| 1903 | 2,342 | #20 |
| 1902 | 2,432 | #21 |
| 1901 | 2,319 | #18 |
| 1900 | 2,826 | #19 |
| 1899 | 2,441 | #14 |
| 1898 | 2,731 | #14 |
| 1897 | 2,454 | #15 |
| 1896 | 2,582 | #14 |
| 1895 | 2,613 | #12 |
| 1894 | 2,603 | #11 |
| 1893 | 2,532 | #11 |
| 1892 | 2,661 | #10 |
| 1891 | 2,360 | #11 |
| 1890 | 2,496 | #9 |
| 1889 | 2,319 | #10 |
| 1888 | 2,230 | #11 |
| 1887 | 1,984 | #8 |
| 1886 | 1,916 | #9 |
| 1885 | 1,910 | #7 |
| 1884 | 1,852 | #8 |
| 1883 | 1,548 | #10 |
| 1882 | 1,490 | #11 |
| 1881 | 1,242 | #11 |
| 1880 | 1,226 | #12 |
Names like Clara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nora Ada Eva Rosa Mabel Rose Cora Florence Nellie Annie Olive Nova
Other spellings of Clara
Names related to Clara
More Latin names
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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, “Clara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clara, updated 20 October 2026.