# Claira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/claira/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,727 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,727 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 125 | 1,682 |
| 2012 | 126 | 1,680 |
| 2013 | 133 | 1,618 |
| 2014 | 149 | 1,494 |
| 2015 | 138 | 1,581 |
| 2016 | 131 | 1,650 |
| 2017 | 127 | 1,689 |
| 2018 | 136 | 1,585 |
| 2019 | 112 | 1,819 |
| 2020 | 116 | 1,732 |
| 2021 | 97 | 1,996 |
| 2022 | 102 | 1,947 |
| 2023 | 89 | 2,145 |
| 2024 | 116 | 1,744 |
| 2025 | 110 | 1,820 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 2,350 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.