Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: ItalianClara or Klara is a given name. It is the feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous".
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Clara yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Clara Schumann was the greatest pianist of the nineteenth century and was systematically overlooked because of her husband. I told my daughter this story when she was four. She listened very seriously and then asked for a snack.
— Nina, Philadelphia PA, 2017
My wife's grandmother was Clara. She lived to ninety-eight and had the sharpest mind of anyone in the family until the very end. Naming a new baby for her felt like continuity.
— Philippe, Montreal QC, 2020
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11 | #157 |
| 2015 | 20 | #150 |
| 2016 | 18 | #169 |
| 2017 | 12 | #145 |
| 2018 | 83 | #99 |
| 2019 | 207 | #91 |
| 2020 | 152 | #96 |
| 2021 | 20 | #121 |
| 2022 | 25 | #115 |
| 2024 | 114 | #101 |
| 2025 | 86 | #97 |
