girls:
2.5k births since 1927
#3467 (39th percentile)
overall:
2.5k births since 1927
#5339 (31st percentile)
The name Claira is the #5,339 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,499 recorded births since 1927. This represents the 31.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,467 (39.3% percentile) for all time with 2,499 births since 1927.
Claira first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1927 (first recorded for girls in 1927). Birth data for Claira is available in 39 out of the 97 years between 1927 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Claira reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 14.9% percentile (ranked #823) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 76 births per million (ranked 14.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Claira ranks #864 for girls (8.8% percentile) with 50 births per million, which is 66.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Claira".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Claira", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 8 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Clara" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Clara..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Claira. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.7% confident that Claira is pronounced as KLEH-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KLAY-ruh, at 23.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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