NameTides

Clara

Clara was the #63 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,601 babies), and #77 in England & Wales and #20 in Canada.

Clara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Clara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Clara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#63 (3,601)#77 (610)#82 (51)#39 (44)#73 (70)#20 (652)—#73 (86)
2024#78 (3,072)#84 (564)#83 (50)#36 (47)#65 (83)#20 (656)—#94 (63)
2023#98 (2,662)#90 (527)#136 (31)#65 (32)#67 (85)#31 (578)——
2022#110 (2,553)#93 (528)#133 (32)#53 (42)#82 (66)#25 (634)——
2021#102 (2,693)#94 (574)#138 (32)#52 (43)#67 (88)#27 (677)——
2020#103 (2,696)#90 (570)#143 (30)#36 (53)#60 (90)#27 (650)#87 (82)—
2019#95 (2,951)#91 (586)#92 (47)#41 (48)#59 (95)#28 (672)#93 (76)#78 (78)
2018#103 (2,892)#89 (609)#91 (48)#38 (61)#74 (84)#32 (639)#84 (83)—
2017#95 (3,045)#87 (614)#98 (47)#32 (64)#73 (91)#34 (630)——
2016#100 (3,075)#88 (611)#108 (43)#51 (45)#65 (97)#34 (648)——
2015#98 (3,070)#91 (605)#134 (36)#37 (62)#71 (96)#35 (631)——
2014#108 (2,860)#121 (464)#119 (41)#60 (38)#71 (98)#32 (639)——
2013#131 (2,508)#139 (381)#155 (30)#52 (44)#68 (103)#39 (539)——
2012#136 (2,336)#179 (284)#278 (16)#77 (32)#86 (76)#43 (502)——
2011#151 (2,078)#212 (236)#244 (18)#98 (25)#90 (79)#39 (512)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1885 at #7.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 450 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 450common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 420common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 350common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 300common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 230common

Next year

On its recent trend, Clara is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 440 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 380 to 1 in 510.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clara by state, 2025Alaska: #50AKMaine: #27MEWisconsin: #31WIVermont: #30VTNew Hampshire: #41NHWashington: #50WAIdaho: #74IDMontana: #33MTNorth Dakota: #21NDMinnesota: #29MNIllinois: #65ILMichigan: #50MINew York: #70NYMassachusetts: #46MAOregon: #119ORNevada: #150NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #28SDIowa: #37IAIndiana: #40INOhio: #41OHPennsylvania: #58PANew Jersey: #109NJConnecticut: #76CTRhode Island: #64RICalifornia: #116CAUtah: #42UTColorado: #72CONebraska: #13NEMissouri: #36MOKentucky: #58KYWest Virginia: #53WVVirginia: #48VAMaryland: #90MDDelaware: #46DEArizona: #144AZNew Mexico: #143NMKansas: #38KSArkansas: #44ARTennessee: #67TNNorth Carolina: #67NCSouth Carolina: #61SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #94OKLouisiana: #86LAMississippi: #86MSAlabama: #91ALGeorgia: #59GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #89TXFlorida: #113FL
Clara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#13272
Ontario2024#48170

Clara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClaraCanadaGirls#20652
ClaraEngland & WalesGirls#77610
ClaraIrelandGirls#7370
ClaraNorthern IrelandGirls#3944
ClaraNSWGirls—too few
ClaraScotlandGirls#8251
ClaraUSGirls#633,601
ClaraUSBoys—too few
ClaraVICGirls#7386