Klara
Girl · KLAH-ra · Latin
Klara is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “clear, bright”. In 2025 it ranked 723rd for girls in the UK (56 babies) and 1,796th for girls in the US (112 babies).
What does Klara mean?
Latin: German, Scandinavian and Slavic form of Clara
“clear, bright”
Form of Clara used across Central Europe and Scandinavia; St Clare of Assisi founded the Poor Clares order of nuns.
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- KLAH-ra
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Is Klara a girl's or a boy's name?
Klara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 girls in the UK and 112 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Klara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #723among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 5,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the UK were named Klara, making it the 723rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 420th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 147 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Klara than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Klara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 761 girls in the UK were given Klara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #76, up from #723 for this spelling alone.
- Clara 705
- Klara 56
Among girls in 2025, it was 719th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Klara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #723 |
| 2024 | 80 | #542 |
| 2023 | 108 | #427 |
| 2022 | 86 | #508 |
| 2021 | 138 | #369 |
| 2020 | 112 | #420 |
| 2019 | 147 | #344 |
| 2018 | 141 | #363 |
| 2017 | 102 | #476 |
| 2016 | 77 | #598 |
| 2015 | 69 | #648 |
| 2014 | 65 | #674 |
| 2013 | 53 | #783 |
| 2012 | 57 | #757 |
| 2011 | 62 | #699 |
| 2010 | 56 | #716 |
| 2009 | 43 | #864 |
| 2008 | 37 | #946 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,216 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Klara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,796among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 112about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 112 girls in the US were named Klara, making it the 1,796th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,752nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 152 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Klara in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,720 girls in the US were given Klara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #76, up from #1,796 for this spelling alone.
- Clara 3,601
- Klara 112
- Clarah 7
Klara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,796 |
| 2024 | 109 | #1,840 |
| 2023 | 110 | #1,826 |
| 2022 | 136 | #1,560 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,871 |
| 2020 | 114 | #1,752 |
| 2019 | 152 | #1,452 |
| 2018 | 130 | #1,633 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,824 |
| 2016 | 127 | #1,684 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,831 |
| 2014 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,775 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,940 |
| 2011 | 104 | #1,909 |
| 2010 | 96 | #2,059 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
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