Clara
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Klara.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Clara (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Clara has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 252 |
| 1999 | 273 |
| 2000 | 256 |
| 2001 | 335 |
| 2002 | 340 |
| 2003 | 338 |
| 2004 | 351 |
| 2005 | 330 |
| 2006 | 327 |
| 2007 | 302 |
| 2008 | 302 |
| 2009 | 236 |
| 2010 | 253 |
| 2011 | 245 |
| 2012 | 232 |
| 2013 | 265 |
| 2014 | 278 |
| 2015 | 262 |
| 2016 | 259 |
| 2017 | 285 |
| 2018 | 269 |
| 2019 | 305 |
| 2020 | 304 |
| 2021 | 305 |
| 2022 | 261 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,822 |
| 2000 | 3,057 |
| 2001 | 3,372 |
| 2002 | 3,704 |
| 2003 | 4,002 |
| 2004 | 4,340 |
| 2005 | 4,676 |
| 2006 | 4,993 |
| 2007 | 5,287 |
| 2008 | 5,589 |
| 2009 | 5,830 |
| 2010 | 6,090 |
| 2011 | 6,336 |
| 2012 | 6,559 |
| 2013 | 6,825 |
| 2014 | 7,117 |
| 2015 | 7,381 |
| 2016 | 7,649 |
| 2017 | 7,935 |
| 2018 | 8,224 |
| 2019 | 8,529 |
| 2020 | 8,829 |
Clara in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Clara.Hi! My name is Clara.
- Clara har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Clara has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Clara kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Clara is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Claras mamma är lärare.Clara's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Claras mamma is Clara's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Clara
How do you pronounce Clara in Swedish?
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What does the name Clara mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Klara.
How popular is Clara in Sweden?
261 babies were named Clara in 2022. In 2020, 8,829 people in Sweden had Clara as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2004 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.