Klara
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Clara.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Klara (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Klara 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 | 258 |
| 1999 | 271 |
| 2000 | 323 |
| 2001 | 409 |
| 2002 | 393 |
| 2003 | 390 |
| 2004 | 445 |
| 2005 | 384 |
| 2006 | 420 |
| 2007 | 373 |
| 2008 | 359 |
| 2009 | 357 |
| 2010 | 384 |
| 2011 | 321 |
| 2012 | 343 |
| 2013 | 308 |
| 2014 | 294 |
| 2015 | 280 |
| 2016 | 233 |
| 2017 | 235 |
| 2018 | 197 |
| 2019 | 214 |
| 2020 | 208 |
| 2021 | 186 |
| 2022 | 168 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,053 |
| 2000 | 5,220 |
| 2001 | 5,490 |
| 2002 | 5,734 |
| 2003 | 6,017 |
| 2004 | 6,352 |
| 2005 | 6,628 |
| 2006 | 6,955 |
| 2007 | 7,245 |
| 2008 | 7,534 |
| 2009 | 7,835 |
| 2010 | 8,165 |
| 2011 | 8,415 |
| 2012 | 8,711 |
| 2013 | 8,951 |
| 2014 | 9,184 |
| 2015 | 9,409 |
| 2016 | 9,599 |
| 2017 | 9,805 |
| 2018 | 9,959 |
| 2019 | 10,146 |
| 2020 | 10,299 |
Klara in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Klara.Hi! My name is Klara.
- Klara har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Klara has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Klaras mamma är lärare.Klara's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Klaras mamma is Klara's mum.
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Questions about Klara
How do you pronounce Klara in Swedish?
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What does the name Klara mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Clara.
How popular is Klara in Sweden?
168 babies were named Klara in 2022. In 2020, 10,299 people in Sweden had Klara 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.