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Clary

#13,562 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Klara

Clary has been given to 485 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #13,562 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 64% girls, 36% boys all-time.

Babies named Clary, 2025

1 in 553,000

Clary over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Clary over time

In 2025, Clary went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19152025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Clary: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Klara

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Clary means

Clary is a variant of Klara.

Origin, language, and formation

Clary is used in Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Klara.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 308 girls were recorded with the name Clary between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2017; its best national rank was #2,490 in 1923.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,507 in 2020 to #13,562 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,092 in 2015 to #13,562 in 2025.

In the United States, 177 boys were recorded with the name Clary between 1915 and 1982. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1943; its best national rank was #1,926 in 1943.

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 Clary?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,562
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Clary 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Clary. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Clarys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Clary was born before 2009 — so the typical Clary is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
233
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2010s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (100).

Is Clary 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
−5,892
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,055
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,470
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
33.3%
Peak was 2017 (18)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,490
1923

Spellings of Clary

Clary is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 82.1% against Clary's <0.01%.

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.

Where Clary is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Clary was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 498,591 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Clary has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Clary is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Clary was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 80,693 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Clary has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Clary around the world

Where Clary ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1996–2024
    #3,820
    in 2024

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Clary by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,562
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,055
Best rank ever
#2,490
1923
Peak year
2017
18 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
308
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,926
1943
Peak year
1943
15 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
1982
All-time count
177
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Clary

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

ClarkClancyEmaryClarisAmaryEmmaryClaySamaryEllaryCanaryClarkeMeraryRosaryClairSharyClarityClaritaClarieClairaAvaryClaryceClaudeClaudAry

Sibling names for Clary

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

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