Clora
Clora is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 506th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192449 births
- Best rank
- #506in 1885
- Since 1882
- 1,800people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,800 girls have been named Clora in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 49 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 49 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1922, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Clora | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 103 | |
| 1890s | 166 | |
| 1900s | 186 | |
| 1910s | 334 | |
| 1920s | 401 | |
| 1930s | 255 | |
| 1940s | 188 | |
| 1950s | 136 | |
| 1960s | 21 | |
| 1970s | 10 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Clora was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Clora
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Floypeak 1918
- Adlinepeak 1919
- Vertiepeak 1916
- Onapeak 1916
- Artiepeak 1916
- Jettiepeak 1918
- Blanchpeak 1924
- Olapeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.