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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 1,226 | #12 |
| 1881 | 1,242 | #11 |
| 1882 | 1,490 | #11 |
| 1883 | 1,548 | #10 |
| 1884 | 1,852 | #8 |
| 1885 | 1,910 | #7 |
| 1886 | 1,916 | #9 |
| 1887 | 1,984 | #8 |
| 1888 | 2,230 | #11 |
| 1889 | 2,319 | #10 |
| 1890 | 2,496 | #9 |
| 1891 | 2,360 | #11 |
| 1892 | 2,661 | #10 |
| 1893 | 2,532 | #11 |
| 1894 | 2,603 | #11 |
| 1895 | 2,613 | #12 |
| 1896 | 2,582 | #14 |
| 1897 | 2,454 | #15 |
| 1898 | 2,731 | #14 |
| 1899 | 2,441 | #14 |
| 1900 | 2,826 | #19 |
| 1901 | 2,319 | #18 |
| 1902 | 2,432 | #21 |
| 1903 | 2,342 | #20 |
| 1904 | 2,281 | #24 |
| 1905 | 2,397 | #22 |
| 1906 | 2,228 | #27 |
| 1907 | 2,319 | #29 |
| 1908 | 2,352 | #31 |
| 1909 | 2,403 | #32 |
| 1910 | 2,665 | #32 |
| 1911 | 2,691 | #33 |
| 1912 | 3,480 | #34 |
| 1913 | 3,633 | #36 |
| 1914 | 4,240 | #37 |
| 1915 | 5,285 | #38 |
| 1916 | 5,544 | #39 |
| 1917 | 5,626 | #41 |
| 1918 | 5,778 | #43 |
| 1919 | 5,404 | #43 |
| 1920 | 5,470 | #44 |
| 1921 | 5,606 | #45 |
| 1922 | 5,126 | #47 |
| 1923 | 5,134 | #49 |
| 1924 | 4,988 | #56 |
| 1925 | 4,776 | #55 |
| 1926 | 4,464 | #61 |
| 1927 | 4,365 | #63 |
| 1928 | 4,106 | #65 |
| 1929 | 4,148 | #65 |
| 1930 | 4,124 | #64 |
| 1931 | 3,899 | #61 |
| 1932 | 3,564 | #70 |
| 1933 | 3,412 | #67 |
| 1934 | 3,222 | #76 |
| 1935 | 3,067 | #81 |
| 1936 | 2,684 | #91 |
| 1937 | 2,573 | #100 |
| 1938 | 2,662 | #98 |
| 1939 | 2,451 | #103 |
| 1940 | 2,316 | #111 |
| 1941 | 2,300 | #111 |
| 1942 | 2,246 | #122 |
| 1943 | 2,083 | #133 |
| 1944 | 1,931 | #134 |
| 1945 | 1,800 | #136 |
| 1946 | 1,913 | #145 |
| 1947 | 1,935 | #150 |
| 1948 | 1,793 | #160 |
| 1949 | 1,711 | #168 |
| 1950 | 1,571 | #178 |
| 1951 | 1,549 | #186 |
| 1952 | 1,511 | #196 |
| 1953 | 1,383 | #212 |
| 1954 | 1,185 | #234 |
| 1955 | 1,300 | #224 |
| 1956 | 1,147 | #247 |
| 1957 | 1,109 | #258 |
| 1958 | 1,027 | #276 |
| 1959 | 987 | #287 |
| 1960 | 914 | #309 |
| 1961 | 878 | #314 |
| 1962 | 798 | #331 |
| 1963 | 750 | #345 |
| 1964 | 699 | #357 |
| 1965 | 569 | #386 |
| 1966 | 551 | #387 |
| 1967 | 515 | #404 |
| 1968 | 413 | #473 |
| 1969 | 417 | #471 |
| 1970 | 358 | #530 |
| 1971 | 339 | #540 |
| 1972 | 367 | #487 |
| 1973 | 332 | #515 |
| 1974 | 317 | #529 |
| 1975 | 337 | #522 |
| 1976 | 314 | #548 |
| 1977 | 297 | #581 |
| 1978 | 287 | #594 |
| 1979 | 342 | #547 |
| 1980 | 392 | #511 |
| 1981 | 321 | #579 |
| 1982 | 327 | #561 |
| 1983 | 310 | #577 |
| 1984 | 319 | #578 |
| 1985 | 357 | #554 |
| 1986 | 388 | #527 |
| 1987 | 406 | #513 |
| 1988 | 421 | #523 |
| 1989 | 426 | #536 |
| 1990 | 467 | #515 |
| 1991 | 529 | #463 |
| 1992 | 536 | #460 |
| 1993 | 596 | #418 |
| 1994 | 592 | #427 |
| 1995 | 661 | #397 |
| 1996 | 669 | #396 |
| 1997 | 654 | #399 |
| 1998 | 768 | #371 |
| 1999 | 794 | #370 |
| 2000 | 879 | #353 |
| 2001 | 958 | #323 |
| 2002 | 1,031 | #303 |
| 2003 | 1,059 | #294 |
| 2004 | 1,170 | #282 |
| 2005 | 1,331 | #246 |
| 2006 | 1,497 | #231 |
| 2007 | 1,554 | #226 |
| 2008 | 1,654 | #204 |
| 2009 | 1,649 | #199 |
| 2010 | 1,842 | #167 |
| 2011 | 2,078 | #151 |
| 2012 | 2,335 | #136 |
| 2013 | 2,508 | #131 |
| 2014 | 2,860 | #108 |
| 2015 | 3,070 | #98 |
| 2016 | 3,075 | #100 |
| 2017 | 3,044 | #95 |
| 2018 | 2,892 | #103 |
| 2019 | 2,950 | #95 |
| 2020 | 2,696 | #103 |
| 2021 | 2,693 | #101 |
| 2022 | 2,552 | #110 |
| 2023 | 2,661 | #98 |
| 2024 | 3,060 | #78 |
