Girl's name
Klara
Say it KLAH-ruh
Latin origin from Clara, bright, shining, clear
2 syllables
Where Klara is loved, common and rare
Common across Poland, five German cities, Slovenia and four more places. Rare in Cologne, Switzerland, Ireland and seven more places.
1 in 2,113 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Poland 17thSlovenia 27thAustria 50th
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Every place
In 21 of the 40 official lists, among them Poland (17th), Slovenia (27th) and Austria (50th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 17th 2025 | 2,354 | 1 in 51 |
| Slovenia | 27th 2025 | 61 | about 1 in 108 |
| Austria | 50th 2025 | 155 | 1 in 230 |
| Norway | 54th 2025 | 117 | 1 in 186 |
| Berlin city | 60th 2023 | 48 | about 1 in 302 |
| Sweden | 68th 2025 | 148 | about 1 in 271 |
| Munich city | 73rd 2025 | 19 | about 1 in 221 |
| Cologne city | 122nd 2023 | 10 | about 1 in 614 |
| Switzerland | 215th 2025 | 33 | 1 in 1,030 |
| Ireland | 381st 2025 | 10 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Scotland | 539th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 3,578 |
| Quebec province | 540th 2025 | 8 | about 1 in 3,250 |
| Italy | 648th 2024 | 17 | 1 in 10,539 |
| The Netherlands | 655th 2025 | 18 | about 1 in 3,390 |
| England and Wales | 719th 2025 | 51 | 1 in 4,966 |
| Ontario province | 932nd 2024 | 12 | about 1 in 4,539 |
| France | 1480th 2025 | 20 | 1 in 14,340 |
| Croatia | 15th 2025 | 190 | rank only |
| Leipzig city | 26th 2025 | 14 | about 1 in 187 |
| Bonn city | 43rd 2025 | 12 | about 1 in 251 |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, British Columbia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Catalonia, Hungary and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock). How we count, and every source
About the name
Klara is a learned borrowing from Latin Clāra, and through Clara it carries the meaning 'bright, shining, clear'.
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Two syllables, KLAH-ruh, with a crisp k at the start. Clara is the Latin spelling, Claire and Chiara are forms in other languages, and Klaartje and Klaara are variants.
Klara ranks high in Croatia, Poland and Slovenia, and is rare in Ireland, Scotland and Quebec, where the Clara spelling is more usual. The French records place its peak in 2005, and it is now falling in more places than it is rising. It remains a well-established classic across central and eastern Europe.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
Over time
Over five years: rising in 3 of 19 regions, falling in 11.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 645 | 461 | 358 | 345 | 436 | 383 | 499 | 455 | 558 | 719 |
| Scotland | 311 | 501 | 324 | 343 | 370 | 245 | 531 | 228 | 431 | 539 |
| Northern Ireland | 213 | 246 | 350 | 328 | 407 | |||||
| Ireland | 247 | 430 | 255 | 296 | 178 | 251 | 254 | 279 | 372 | 381 |
| Ontario | 914 | 699 | 627 | 738 | 700 | 566 | 834 | 754 | 932 | |
| British Columbia | 661 | 586 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 454 | 396 | 388 | 646 | 436 | 584 | 432 | 578 | 684 | 540 |
| France | 775 | 722 | 829 | 925 | 1099 | 1006 | 1071 | 1521 | 1841 | 1480 |
| The Netherlands | 837 | 611 | 563 | 861 | 747 | 479 | 548 | 655 | ||
| Austria | 46 | 40 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 44 | 34 | 45 | 50 |
| Switzerland | 294 | 271 | 207 | 175 | 166 | 245 | 339 | 238 | 203 | 215 |
| Berlin | 62 | 46 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 74 | 100 | 60 | ||
| Munich | 45 | 42 | 50 | 53 | 49 | 31 | 43 | 89 | 101 | 73 |
| Cologne | 67 | 71 | 31 | 46 | 47 | 77 | 62 | 122 | ||
| Bonn | 44 | 67 | 59 | 50 | 41 | 42 | 117 | 53 | 66 | 43 |
| Leipzig | 37 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 74 | 40 | 112 | 22 | 54 | 26 |
| Rostock | 46 | 16 | 56 | 44 | 14 | 60 | 33 | 28 | 158 | 92 |
| Norway | 103 | 89 | 65 | 76 | 77 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 58 | 54 |
| Sweden | 52 | 43 | 62 | 52 | 48 | 67 | 67 | 58 | 69 | 68 |
| Iceland | 25 | 21 | ||||||||
| Italy | 552 | 465 | 522 | 525 | 648 | |||||
| Poland | 46 | 40 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 17 |
| Slovenia | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 27 |
| Croatia | 11 | 15 | 15 | |||||||
| Israel | 951 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 719 | 51 | 20.1 |
| 2024 | 558 | 70 | 27.1 |
| 2023 | 455 | 87 | 33.9 |
| 2022 | 499 | 81 | 30.7 |
| 2021 | 383 | 118 | 43.1 |
| 2020 | 436 | 97 | 36.1 |
| 2019 | 345 | 129 | 46.1 |
| 2018 | 358 | 130 | 45.1 |
| 2017 | 461 | 96 | 32.1 |
| 2016 | 645 | 65 | 21.2 |
| 2015 | 625 | 66 | 21.4 |
| 2014 | 699 | 56 | 18.3 |
| 2013 | 865 | 43 | 13.9 |
| 2012 | 758 | 52 | 16.1 |
| 2011 | 673 | 58 | 18.1 |
| 2010 | 683 | 54 | 16.8 |
| 2009 | 850 | 40 | 12.8 |
| 2008 | 995 | 31 | 9.8 |
| 2007 | 1160 | 24 | 7.8 |
| 2006 | 1325 | 19 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 1012 | 25 | 8.7 |
| 2004 | 1836 | 11 | 3.8 |
| 2003 | 1129 | 20 | 7.2 |
| 2002 | 1245 | 16 | 6.0 |
| 2001 | 1238 | 16 | 6.0 |
| 2000 | 1688 | 10 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 1473 | 12 | 4.3 |
| 1998 | 1392 | 13 | 4.5 |
| 1997 | 2738 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 1996 | 1522 | 11 | 3.7 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Klara in France since 1925 were born in or after 2008. First recorded in 1935. Her peak year there: 2005, at 41.8 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Klara per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2005 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Klara
1 in 1,111 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Klara.
1 in 754 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Klara.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Klara.
1 in 19,483 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Klara. Same first letter as Klara.
1 in 330 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Klara.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Klara.
1 in 1,689 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Klara.
1 in 18,092 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Klara.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Victoria.
1 in 42,214 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Klara.
1 in 358 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Klara.
Middle names for Klara
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Klara Grace
2-1 beats · initials KG
Changes the beat after Klara: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Klara Olivia
2-4 beats · initials KO · Klara slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Klara: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Klara slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Klara Sophia
2-3 beats · initials KS
Changes the beat after Klara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Klara Maria
2-3 beats · initials KM
Changes the beat after Klara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Klara Rose
2-1 beats · initials KR
Changes the beat after Klara: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Klara Emily
2-3 beats · initials KE · Klara slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Klara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Klara slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Klara Julia
2-3 beats · initials KJ
Changes the beat after Klara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Klara Miriam
2-3 beats · initials KM
Changes the beat after Klara: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Klara
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 1,243 in Ireland
90% alike: moves with Klara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
90% alike: moves with Klara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,218 in England and Wales
89% alike: moves with Klara across countries and decades.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
89% alike: moves with Klara across countries and decades.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
88% alike: moves with Klara across countries and decades.
1 in 1,243 in Ireland
87% alike: moves with Klara across countries and decades.
1 in 852 in Scotland
87% alike: moves with Klara across countries and decades.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
87% alike: moves with Klara across countries and decades.
Famous people named Klara
Klara Hitler, Klára Koukalová, Klara Zamenhof, Klara Bühl, Klára Dobrev, Klara Rumyanova, Klára Dán von Neumann and Klara Luchko.
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Mother of Adolf Hitler mi vrg (1860–1907)
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Czech tennis player born 1982
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Polish esperantist 1863 to 1924
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German association football player born 2000
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Hungarian politician, economist, jurist (1972–)
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Soviet and Russian actress and singer (1929–2004)
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Hungarian computer scientist (1911-1963)
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Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress (1925–2005)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Klara
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Klara?
Her best rank is No. 15 in Croatia in 2025. She is in the published lists of 21 of our 40 regions.
What does Klara mean?
Klara takes her meaning from Clara: "bright, shining, clear", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Klara?
KLAH-ruh, with 2 syllables.
Is Klara getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 3 of 19 regions, falling in 11.
Which sister names go with Klara?
The deck's top five sisters for Klara: Liliana, Helena, Livia, Karolina and Luna. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.