Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Clara

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Clara
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

5,778

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

47%

2024

3,060

All-time

296,898

Clara has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 5,778 girls were named Clara.

In 2024, only 3,060 girls were given the name.

Down 47% from its peak.

All told, about 296,898 Americans have been named Clara and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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