Claro

Boys' name

Masculine form of Clara

Claro has been given to 32 babies in the U.S. since 1921. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1938, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Claro, 1998

1 in 735,000

Claro over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Claro: meaning, origin, and history

Masculine form of Clara

Spanish

What Claro means

Claro is a masculine form of Clara.

Origin, language, and formation

Claro is used in Spanish and Tagalog. Its origins include Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Clara.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Tagalog, Claro is pronounced /ˈklaɾo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 32 boys were recorded with the name Claro between 1921 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1938; its best national rank was #3,042 in 1945.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Claro?

Claro had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1998, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1998: 1 in 735,000; 5 of 3,677,189 births
Among boys only: 1 in 382,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1998: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 509,768 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Claro sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1998 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 509,768 children born in 1998 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Claro. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Claros were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Claro was born before 1938 — so the typical Claro is around 87 today.

Median birth year: 1938; About 87 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 34.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 31.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 34.4% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Claro 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1938 (6)
Years since peak: 87; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,042; 1945

Spellings of Claro

Claro is not the most common spelling — Carl is, with 68.2% against Claro's <0.01%.

Carl68.2%504,827
Clark6.9%50,851
Clay5.4%40,252
Cary3.3%24,504
Alvaro2.3%17,357
Carlo2.2%15,920
Clair1.6%12,041
Cleo1.6%11,527

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.

Claro by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,042; 1945
Peak year: 1938; 6 that year
First recorded: 1921
Last recorded: 1998
All-time count: 32
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Claro

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

Clate Clabe Clayt Clabon Claysen Clash Claton Claren Kamaro Kiaro Clayne Claris Claudel Clary Claybon Amaro Clavin Claytin Clarens Romaro Clayvon Clayson Yaro Clarenc

Sibling names for Claro

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

Beverley Melva Marlys Nelda Marlyn Arleen Shirlee Pearlie

For a brother

Sherwood Rayford Ned Huey Errol Shirley Boyce Arlen

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