Klara
- #1,796 for girls in 2025, 112 births
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,087since 1884
Klara over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Klara has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,796 | 112 |
| 2024 | #1,840 | 109 |
| 2023 | #1,826 | 110 |
| 2022 | #1,560 | 136 |
| 2021 | #1,871 | 106 |
| 2020 | #1,752 | 114 |
| 2019 | #1,452 | 152 |
| 2018 | #1,633 | 130 |
| 2017 | #1,824 | 113 |
| 2016 | #1,684 | 127 |
| 2015 | #1,831 | 113 |
| 2014 | #1,818 | 112 |
| 2013 | #1,775 | 115 |
| 2012 | #1,940 | 101 |
| 2011 | #1,909 | 104 |
| 2010 | #2,059 | 96 |
| 2009 | #2,485 | 76 |
| 2008 | #2,234 | 88 |
| 2007 | #2,368 | 80 |
| 2006 | #2,669 | 67 |
| 2005 | #2,503 | 69 |
| 2004 | #2,620 | 63 |
| 2003 | #2,673 | 59 |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 |
| 1998 | #3,353 | 36 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
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| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
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| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Klara! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Klara is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Illinois#709 · 1 in 3,410
- Pennsylvania#1,015 · 1 in 5,836
- New York#1,165 · 1 in 6,527
- Texas#1,790 · 1 in 13,379
- Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352
Best ever in a state: #388 in Connecticut, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #709 | 13 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| New York | #1,165 | 12 | 1 in 6,527 |
| Texas | #1,790 | 12 | 1 in 13,379 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 44 spots since 2024 (#1,840 → #1,796)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#1,752 → #1,796)
- 35 spots since 2015 (#1,831 → #1,796)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #1,024 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,042
- Highest: 1 in 11,042 girls born in 2019 were named Klara (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,351 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,024 in 1884, was only 1 in 25,804 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 37.7% of all girls named Klara (1,163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,024 (1884) | #1,024 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 49 | #2,360 (1912) | #2,967 |
| 1920s | 64 | #3,164 (1921) | #4,003 |
| 1930s | 24 | #3,226 (1931) | #3,899 |
| 1940s | 20 | #3,883 (1948) | #4,471 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,148 (1954) | #5,356 |
| 1960s | 30 | #5,273 (1966) | #6,043 |
| 1970s | 32 | #6,666 (1973) | #7,964 |
| 1980s | 109 | #4,653 (1988) | #6,614 |
| 1990s | 246 | #3,353 (1998) | #4,363 |
| 2000s | 647 | #2,234 (2008) | #2,646 |
| 2010s | 1,163 | #1,452 (2019) | #1,793 |
| 2020s | 687 | #1,560 (2022) | #1,774 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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