How Many People Are Named Klara?
people named Klara are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 117,371 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,087 babies named Klara in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
152 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latvian form of CLARA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Klara in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Klara alive today is about 15 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Klara first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 2019, to 152 babies. In 2025, 112 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Klara has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,093, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #1,804.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,804 |
| Best rank | #1,093 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,802 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Klara alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Klara were born in California than in any other state: about 246 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Klara was given 3.8 times as often in Illinois, 2.3 times in New York and 2 times in Washington.
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