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Clara Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Clara: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 1,016 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
1,016
Peak year
1930 #1263
Years on the list
80
10-year trend
+42.9%

In the 1930s ·

Popularity history

1880–2019

YearBirthsRank
19536#3486
19555#3968
195610#2654
19595#4081
19635#4137
19675#4058
19715#5027
19807#5024
19835#6409
19896#7114
19905#8335
20065#12375
20117#9814
20165#12564
20195#12522

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

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State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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