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Klara

“Variant of Clara — Bright, clear, famous” — Latin origin

Girl's name · #1796 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Klara has appeared in US records since 1884 — best rank #1024 (1884) · 3,087 babies named Klara all-time · 1 in 14,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #8 in Germany (2025) · #15 in Croatia (2025) · #17 in Poland (2025) · #27 in Slovenia (2025) · #29 in Czechia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Klaras

• Klara Hitler — mother of Adolf Hitler (1860–1907)
• Klara Zamenhof — Polish esperantist
• Klara Bühl — German association football player
• Klara Dan von Neumann — Hungarian computer scientist (1911-1963)
• Klara Rumyanova — Soviet and Russian actress and singer (1929–2004)

In stories & tradition

• Klara Sesemann — Heidi
• Klara Prast — Earth-616
• Klara — literary character

What Klaras become

Among 480 notable people named Klara:

Medical professionals appear 1.74× more often than among typical names — e.g. Klara Griefahn, Jewish Doctor, victim of the Nazi regime.

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