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Baby name
Clara
Girl
Origin of the name
Clara comes from the Latin clara, “clear, bright.”
Comeback name
300,524births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 43rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Clara are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Clara is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Clara is most common in Mississippi (2.3 times), Alabama (2) and North Dakota (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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