Klara Girl
How popular is Klara?
#1,796 girl name in 2025
112 baby girls were named Klara in the US in 2025, making it the 1796th most popular girl name.
Klara popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,796 for girls (▲ 44 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 112 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,831 in 2015, #1,752 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (152 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,024 in 1884 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Klara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Clara family of names ranked #86 for girls in 2025 (#105 the year before), with 3,720 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clara | 3,601 | 97% |
| Klara | 112 | 3% |
| Clarah | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Klara is most popular
Babies named Klara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Klara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1910s | 49 | #2,359 |
| 1920s | 64 | #3,163 |
| 1930s | 24 | #3,224 |
| 1940s | 20 | #3,881 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,146 |
| 1960s | 30 | #5,272 |
| 1970s | 32 | #6,664 |
| 1980s | 109 | #4,648 |
| 1990s | 246 | #3,350 |
| 2000s | 647 | #2,234 |
| 2010s | 1,163 | #1,452 |
| 2020s | 687 | #1,560 |
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Questions
- Is Klara a boy or girl name?
- Klara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Klara were girls.
- How popular is the name Klara?
- 112 baby girls were named Klara in the US in 2025, making it the 1796th most popular girl name.
- When was Klara most popular?
- Klara peaked in 2019, when 152 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,024 in 1884.
- How many people are named Klara?
- 3,087 babies have been named Klara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,919 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Klara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Klara was most common in Illinois, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.