Clarita

Gender: Girl
Say it: klah-REE-tah
Origin: Latin
US rank, 2025: #10,913 for girls

Clarita is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “clear, bright”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Clarita mean?

Latin: Spanish diminutive of Clara

“clear, bright”

Clara comes from Latin clarus and was spread by Saint Clare of Assisi.

Is Clarita a girl's or a boy's name?

Clarita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Clarita in the US?

Rank in 2025: 10,913th among girls
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Clarita, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1932, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.

Half of all the girls named Clarita in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.

1892Busiest: 31 in 19322025

Clarita in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	8	#10,913
2024	7	#12,156
2023	8	#11,164
2022	5	#15,300
2021	5	#15,246
2020	7	#12,137
2019	9	#10,467
2018	6	#13,788
2017	8	#11,611
2016	7	#12,871
2015	5	#16,413
2014	8	#11,925
2013	5	#16,542
2012	8	#12,193
2011	0	–
2010	10	#10,446
2009	8	#12,423
2008	12	#9,472
2007	11	#10,125
2006	7	#13,601
2005	20	#5,994
2004	9	#10,684
2003	9	#10,420
2002	10	#9,476
2001	7	#12,049
2000	15	#6,802
1999	7	#11,378
1998	14	#6,714
1997	13	#6,839
1996	15	#6,059
1995	11	#7,509
1994	0	–
1993	5	#13,435
1992	9	#8,726
1991	9	#8,580
1990	5	#12,952
1989	7	#9,675
1988	7	#9,239
1987	10	#6,783
1986	9	#7,130
1985	0	–
1984	8	#7,396
1983	14	#4,883
1982	6	#9,235
1981	17	#4,343
1980	9	#6,788
1979	8	#7,311
1978	9	#6,384
1977	11	#5,530
1976	10	#5,599
1975	9	#5,982
1974	10	#5,359
1973	6	#7,433
1972	10	#5,108
1971	12	#4,532
1970	14	#4,037
1969	13	#3,957
1968	7	#5,641
1967	8	#4,981
1966	13	#3,557
1965	8	#4,830
1964	13	#3,691
1963	9	#4,538
1962	12	#3,781
1961	15	#3,317
1960	12	#3,687
1959	18	#2,759
1958	15	#3,084
1957	14	#3,149
1956	5	#5,951
1955	12	#3,376
1954	18	#2,591
1953	16	#2,698
1952	13	#3,039
1951	17	#2,473
1950	12	#3,051
1949	10	#3,392
1948	14	#2,700
1947	12	#3,060
1946	12	#2,879
1945	17	#2,059
1944	8	#3,377
1943	19	#1,993
1942	6	#4,122
1941	16	#2,095
1940	22	#1,682
1939	16	#2,038
1938	17	#1,945
1937	18	#1,845
1936	12	#2,385
1935	16	#2,005
1934	18	#1,834
1933	24	#1,513
1932	31	#1,320
1931	16	#2,023
1930	14	#2,305
1929	16	#2,097
1928	13	#2,496
1927	11	#2,858
1926	11	#2,871
1925	7	#4,027
1924	14	#2,513
1923	18	#2,091
1922	10	#3,150
1921	9	#3,399
1920	11	#2,899
1919	8	#3,450
1918	11	#2,821
1917	11	#2,692
1916	8	#3,256
1915	0	–
1914	6	#3,187
1913	8	#2,330
1912	6	#2,632
1911	0	–
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	5	#1,592
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	5	#1,450