Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Clara

#134 most common girls' name of all time · #257 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#134
Rank overall
#257 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
301,540
Since 2016
29,250
Peak year
1918 #43
Best rank
#7 1885
Girls Boys peak 5,800/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Clara is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 3,601 — 3,601 #63
2024 3,072 — 3,072 #78
2023 2,662 — 2,662 #98
2022 2,553 — 2,553 #110
2021 2,693 — 2,693 #102
2020 2,696 — 2,696 #103
2019 2,951 5 2,956 #95
2018 2,892 — 2,892 #103
2017 3,045 — 3,045 #95
2016 3,075 5 3,080 #100
2015 3,070 — 3,070 #98
2014 2,860 — 2,860 #108
2013 2,508 — 2,508 #131
2012 2,336 — 2,336 #136
2011 2,078 7 2,085 #151
2010 1,842 — 1,842 #167
2009 1,650 — 1,650 #199
2008 1,654 — 1,654 #204
2007 1,555 — 1,555 #225
2006 1,497 5 1,502 #231
2005 1,332 — 1,332 #246
2004 1,173 — 1,173 #282
2003 1,060 — 1,060 #294
2002 1,031 — 1,031 #302
2001 958 — 958 #323
2000 879 — 879 #353
1999 794 — 794 #370
1998 768 — 768 #371
1997 654 — 654 #399
1996 669 — 669 #395
1995 662 — 662 #396
1994 592 — 592 #427
1993 596 — 596 #418
1992 536 — 536 #460
1991 528 — 528 #464
1990 467 5 472 #515
1989 427 6 433 #536
1988 421 — 421 #523
1987 406 — 406 #513
1986 388 — 388 #527
1985 357 — 357 #553
1984 319 — 319 #578
1983 310 5 315 #577
1982 327 — 327 #562
1981 321 — 321 #579
1980 392 7 399 #511
1979 342 — 342 #547
1978 287 — 287 #594
1977 297 — 297 #581
1976 314 — 314 #548
1975 337 — 337 #522
1974 317 — 317 #527
1973 332 — 332 #515
1972 367 — 367 #487
1971 339 5 344 #540
1970 358 — 358 #529
1969 417 — 417 #471
1968 413 — 413 #473
1967 515 5 520 #404
1966 551 — 551 #387
1965 569 — 569 #386
1964 699 — 699 #357
1963 750 5 755 #345
1962 798 — 798 #332
1961 878 — 878 #314
1960 915 — 915 #309
1959 986 5 991 #287
1958 1,027 — 1,027 #276
1957 1,109 — 1,109 #258
1956 1,147 10 1,157 #247
1955 1,300 5 1,305 #224
1954 1,185 — 1,185 #234
1953 1,383 6 1,389 #212
1952 1,511 — 1,511 #196
1951 1,550 — 1,550 #186
1950 1,570 6 1,576 #178
1949 1,711 5 1,716 #168
1948 1,793 7 1,800 #160
1947 1,935 — 1,935 #150
1946 1,913 11 1,924 #145
1945 1,800 — 1,800 #136
1944 1,931 7 1,938 #134
1943 2,083 14 2,097 #133
1942 2,246 9 2,255 #122
1941 2,300 12 2,312 #111
1940 2,316 11 2,327 #111
1939 2,451 16 2,467 #103
1938 2,662 16 2,678 #98
1937 2,573 18 2,591 #100
1936 2,684 21 2,705 #91
1935 3,067 14 3,081 #81
1934 3,222 22 3,244 #76
1933 3,412 18 3,430 #67
1932 3,564 28 3,592 #70
1931 3,899 29 3,928 #61
1930 4,124 32 4,156 #64
1929 4,148 30 4,178 #65
1928 4,106 26 4,132 #65
1927 4,365 21 4,386 #63
1926 4,464 22 4,486 #61
1925 4,776 22 4,798 #55
1924 4,988 18 5,006 #56
1923 5,134 15 5,149 #49
1922 5,126 18 5,144 #47
1921 5,606 21 5,627 #45
1920 5,470 16 5,486 #44
1919 5,404 17 5,421 #43
1918 5,778 22 5,800 #43
1917 5,626 17 5,643 #41
1916 5,544 20 5,564 #39
1915 5,285 20 5,305 #38
1914 4,240 15 4,255 #37
1913 3,633 9 3,642 #36
1912 3,480 12 3,492 #34
1911 2,691 11 2,702 #33
1910 2,665 13 2,678 #32
1909 2,403 12 2,415 #32
1908 2,352 12 2,364 #31
1907 2,319 12 2,331 #29
1906 2,228 11 2,239 #27
1905 2,397 8 2,405 #22
1904 2,281 13 2,294 #24
1903 2,342 10 2,352 #20
1902 2,432 8 2,440 #21
1901 2,319 16 2,335 #18
1900 2,826 12 2,838 #19
1899 2,441 7 2,448 #14
1898 2,731 — 2,731 #14
1897 2,454 — 2,454 #15
1896 2,582 14 2,596 #14
1895 2,613 11 2,624 #12
1894 2,603 9 2,612 #11
1893 2,532 9 2,541 #11
1892 2,661 12 2,673 #10
1891 2,360 10 2,370 #11
1890 2,496 — 2,496 #9
1889 2,319 9 2,328 #10
1888 2,230 10 2,240 #11
1887 1,984 9 1,993 #8
1886 1,916 15 1,931 #9
1885 1,910 6 1,916 #7
1884 1,852 12 1,864 #8
1883 1,548 9 1,557 #10
1882 1,490 — 1,490 #11
1881 1,242 5 1,247 #11
1880 1,226 8 1,234 #12