Claragh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KLAR-a
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Claragh is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
Where does Claragh come from?
Irish: perhaps from the Irish place name Clarach, or a form of Clara
Is Claragh a girl's or a boy's name?
Claragh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Claragh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Claragh, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Claragh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 259th in Northern Ireland.
Claragh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
Names like Claragh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Clodagh, Fiadh, Caragh, Cassidy, Aoibheann, Eden, Eireann, Caoimhe, Raegan, Orla, Rowan, Kiara
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Claragh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/claragh, updated 20 October 2026.