Clarabella

#12,178 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Clarabella has been given to 79 babies in the U.S. since 2005. In 2025 it ranked #12,178 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Clarabella, 2025

1 in 474,000

Clarabella over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Clarabella: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Clarabella means

Clarabella is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Clarabella is used in English and Italian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 79 girls were recorded with the name Clarabella between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2012; its best national rank was #9,865 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,307 in 2020 to #12,178 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,083 in 2015 to #12,178 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Clarabella?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,178; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Clarabella sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Clarabella. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Clarabellas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Clarabella was born before 2016 — so the typical Clarabella is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 62.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 79; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 62.0% of all recorded uses (49).

Is Clarabella rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: −871; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −95; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.88×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 63.6%; Peak was 2012 (11)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 36.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,865; 2012

Spellings of Clarabella

Clarabella is not the most common spelling — Arabella is, with 93.2% against Clarabella's 0.26%.

Arabella93.2%27,957
Clarabelle6.5%1,945
Clarabella0.26%79

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Clarabella by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,178
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 871
Best rank ever: #9,865; 2012
Peak year: 2012; 11 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 79
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Clarabella

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Clarabella

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Sydni Shyann Sydnie Annabell Rhianna Alysa Adelle

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Tobin Jarod

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