Clara or Eva
Clara is the more popular girl name in Canada, #20 to #32 in 2024. Eva is the more popular girl name in England and Wales, #58 to #77 in 2025. Clara is the more popular girl name in the USA, #78 to #120 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.
Place by place
Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.
| Place | Year | Clara | Eva | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | #20 | #32 | Clara |
| England and Wales | 2025 | #77 | #58 | Eva |
| USA | 2024 | #78 | #120 | Clara |
| Alberta | 2024 | #69 | #61 | Eva |
| British Columbia | 2024 | #88 | #118 | Clara |
| Ontario | 2024 | #48 | #45 | Eva |
| Quebec | 2024 | #8 | #16 | Clara |
Clara and Eva in Canada, 2020–2024
Clara climbed from #25 in 2020 to #20 in 2024 in Canada. Eva slipped from #28 in 2020 to #32 in 2024 in Canada. Eva passed Clara in 2021. Clara passed Eva in 2022.
Clara and Eva in England and Wales, 2020–2025
Clara climbed from #90 in 2020 to #77 in 2025 in England and Wales. Eva slipped from #35 in 2020 to #58 in 2025 in England and Wales.
Clara and Eva in the USA, 2020–2024
Clara climbed from #103 in 2020 to #78 in 2024 in the USA. Eva slipped from #93 in 2020 to #120 in 2024 in the USA. Clara passed Eva in 2023.
Other comparisons
How this comparison is built
Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.
A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.