Name meaning & stats
Clara
Clara means “bright, shining, clear” (Latin origin). 109,416 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“bright, shining, clear”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
109,416 US babies were named Clara between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Clara (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Clara is the main spelling
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)