How popular is “Clara” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clara” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Clara” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Clara” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Clara” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Clara” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Clara” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clara” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	1234	0.006124556	1226	8	99%
1881	1247	0.006471602	1242	5	99%
1882	1490	0.00672586	1490		100%
1883	1557	0.007176901	1548	9	99%
1884	1864	0.007656257	1852	12	99%
1885	1916	0.007955027	1910	6	99%
1886	1931	0.007563177	1916	15	98%
1887	1993	0.008056041	1984	9	99%
1888	2240	0.007479781	2230	10	99%
1889	2328	0.008056869	2319	9	99%
1890	2496	0.008281326	2496		100%
1891	2370	0.008267259	2360	10	99%
1892	2673	0.007994043	2661	12	99%
1893	2541	0.007813101	2532	9	99%
1894	2612	0.007712067	2603	9	99%
1895	2624	0.007475358	2613	11	99%
1896	2596	0.007261863	2582	14	99%
1897	2454	0.007072923	2454		100%
1898	2731	0.007159429	2731		100%
1899	2448	0.007216258	2441	7	99%
1900	2838	0.006303053	2826	12	99%
1901	2335	0.006752224	2319	16	99%
1902	2440	0.006309262	2432	8	99%
1903	2352	0.00616999	2342	10	99%
1904	2294	0.005685465	2281	13	99%
1905	2405	0.005673213	2397	8	99%
1906	2239	0.005225802	2228	11	99%
1907	2331	0.005008702	2319	12	99%
1908	2364	0.004837828	2352	12	99%
1909	2415	0.004723957	2403	12	99%
1910	2678	0.00453352	2665	13	99%
1911	2702	0.004193842	2691	11	99%
1912	3492	0.003534191	3480	12	99%
1913	3642	0.003202856	3633	9	100%
1914	4255	0.003004214	4240	15	99%
1915	5305	0.002895069	5285	20	99%
1916	5564	0.002876319	5544	20	99%
1917	5643	0.00281201	5626	17	99%
1918	5800	0.002671443	5778	22	99%
1919	5421	0.002568896	5404	17	99%
1920	5486	0.002424598	5470	16	99%
1921	5627	0.002410361	5606	21	99%
1922	5144	0.002247116	5126	18	99%
1923	5149	0.002236283	5134	15	99%
1924	5006	0.002101939	4988	18	99%
1925	4798	0.002056313	4776	22	99%
1926	4486	0.001953914	4464	22	99%
1927	4386	0.001891041	4365	21	99%
1928	4132	0.00182756	4106	26	99%
1929	4178	0.001905882	4148	30	99%
1930	4156	0.001869304	4124	32	98%
1931	3928	0.001866576	3899	29	99%
1932	3592	0.001701329	3564	28	98%
1933	3430	0.001715474	3412	18	99%
1934	3244	0.001562006	3222	22	99%
1935	3081	0.001474233	3067	14	99%
1936	2705	0.001301997	2684	21	98%
1937	2591	0.001216049	2573	18	99%
1938	2678	0.001210355	2662	16	99%
1939	2467	0.001119612	2451	16	99%
1940	2327	0.001010559	2316	11	99%
1941	2312	0.000948931	2300	12	99%
1942	2255	0.000825458	2246	9	99%
1943	2097	0.000742943	2083	14	99%
1944	1938	0.000720425	1931	7	99%
1945	1800	0.0006785	1800		100%
1946	1924	0.000602133	1913	11	99%
1947	1935	0.000537154	1935		100%
1948	1800	0.000521359	1793	7	99%
1949	1716	0.000492428	1711	5	99%
1950	1577	0.00045014	1571	6	99%
1951	1549	0.000420497	1549		100%
1952	1511	0.00039784	1511		100%
1953	1389	0.000360438	1383	6	99%
1954	1185	0.000297686	1185		100%
1955	1305	0.000325025	1300	5	99%
1956	1157	0.000280618	1147	10	98%
1957	1109	0.000263913	1109		100%
1958	1027	0.000248433	1027		100%
1959	992	0.000238577	987	5	99%
1960	914	0.000220039	914		100%
1961	878	0.000211959	878		100%
1962	798	0.000197751	798		100%
1963	755	0.000190743	750	5	99%
1964	699	0.000179802	699		100%
1965	569	0.000156946	569		100%
1966	551	0.000158531	551		100%
1967	520	0.000153171	515	5	98%
1968	413	0.000122247	413		100%
1969	417	0.000119989	417		100%
1970	358	0.000099265	358		100%
1971	344	0.000100223	339	5	97%
1972	367	0.000116768	367		100%
1973	332	0.000110047	332		100%
1974	317	0.000104276	317		100%
1975	337	0.000111612	337		100%
1976	314	0.000103484	314		100%
1977	297	0.000093499	297		100%
1978	287	0.000090426	287		100%
1979	342	0.000102795	342		100%
1980	399	0.000115837	392	7	96%
1981	321	0.000092791	321		100%
1982	327	0.000093217	327		100%
1983	315	0.000090953	310	5	97%
1984	319	0.000091437	319		100%
1985	357	0.000100025	357		100%
1986	388	0.000109078	388		100%
1987	406	0.000112602	406		100%
1988	421	0.000113936	421		100%
1989	432	0.00011237	426	6	97%
1990	472	0.000119419	467	5	98%
1991	529	0.000135806	529		100%
1992	536	0.000139537	536		100%
1993	596	0.000158078	596		100%
1994	592	0.00015924	592		100%
1995	661	0.000180495	661		100%
1996	669	0.000183429	669		100%
1997	654	0.000180377	654		100%
1998	768	0.000208797	768		100%
1999	794	0.000214951	794		100%
2000	879	0.000232546	879		100%
2001	958	0.000255918	958		100%
2002	1031	0.000275794	1031		100%
2003	1059	0.000278514	1059		100%
2004	1170	0.000306209	1170		100%
2005	1331	0.000346178	1331		100%
2006	1502	0.000379658	1497	5	99%
2007	1554	0.000388725	1554		100%
2008	1654	0.000420794	1654		100%
2009	1649	0.000431656	1649		100%
2010	1842	0.000498412	1842		100%
2011	2085	0.000570016	2078	7	99%
2012	2335	0.000638437	2335		100%
2013	2508	0.00068794	2508		100%
2014	2860	0.000771643	2860		100%
2015	3070	0.000829525	3070		100%
2016	3080	0.000839535	3075	5	100%
2017	3044	0.000851184	3044		100%
2018	2892	0.00082255	2892		100%
2019	2955	0.000851356	2950	5	100%
2020	2696	0.000807046	2696		100%
2021	2693	0.000794876	2693		100%
2022	2552	0.00075433	2552		100%
2023	2661	0.000803637	2661		100%
2024	3060	0.000919333	3060		100%

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