Clara

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #63in 2025
  • 1 in 446girls in 2025
  • +30%last ten years
  • 3.4×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1885, and up 30% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07,17814,35518801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Clara, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188013,473
188113,507
188213,816
188313,782
188414,354
188514,355
188613,256
188713,591
188812,484
188913,001
189013,111
189112,724
189212,532
189311,893
189411,677
189511,184
189610,852
189710,478
189810,554
189910,475
19009,427
19019,689
19029,210
19038,940
19048,284
19058,220
19067,545
19077,280
19087,035
19096,921
19106,721
19116,433
19126,235
19135,817
19145,567
19155,372
19165,309
19175,203
19184,991
19194,782
19204,565
19214,546
19224,268
19234,256
19243,994
19253,923
19263,766
19273,661
19283,560
19293,715
19303,663
19313,662
19323,340
19333,385
19343,086
19352,925
19362,580
19372,418
19382,412
19392,235
19402,025
19411,904
19421,663
19431,493
19441,455
19451,377
19461,217
19471,092
19481,056
19491,000
1950916
1951861
1952815
1953735
1954610
1955665
1956571
1957542
1958511
1959487
1960453
1961435
1962406
1963389
1964369
1965322
1966326
1967312
1968252
1969247
1970205
1971204
1972241
1973228
1974216
1975231
1976214
1977194
1978187
1979213
1980236
1981192
1982193
1983186
1984189
1985207
1986226
1987234
1988236
1989232
1990246
1991282
1992291
1993329
1994332
1995376
1996382
1997376
1998435
1999448
2000484
2001532
2002574
2003580
2004639
2005721
2006787
2007809
2008875
2009898
20101,036
20111,181
20121,326
20131,429
20141,601
20151,720
20161,735
20171,764
20181,700
20191,758
20201,668
20211,641
20221,557
20231,659
20241,896
20252,240

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 3.4×
  2. New Hampshire 3.1×
  3. South Dakota 3.0×
  4. Nebraska 2.9×
  5. Montana 2.9×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,601
Rank in 2025
#63
How rare
1 in 446 girls
Since 1880
300,524

Most popular in 1885, at 14,355 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 30% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia3.4×43
New Hampshire3.1×67
South Dakota3.0×52
Nebraska2.9×122
Montana2.9×47

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.