Claria
Claria Corporation was a software company based in Redwood City, California that invented “Behavioral Marketing”, a new form of online advertising. It was founded in 1998 by Denis Coleman, Stanford MBA Sasha Zorovic, and engineer Mark Pennell, based on work Zorovic had done at Stanford. In March 1999 Jeff McFadden was hired as CEO and Zorovic was effectively forced out.
Meaning & Origin of Claria
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Claria Corporation was a software company based in Redwood City, California that invented “Behavioral Marketing”, a new form of online advertising. It was founded in 1998 by Denis Coleman, Stanford MBA Sasha Zorovic, and engineer Mark Pennell, based on work Zorovic had done at Stanford. In March 1999 Jeff McFadden was hired as CEO and Zorovic was effectively forced out.
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The Story of Claria
The earliest SSA record of Claria as a baby girl name dates back to 1922, when 9 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Claria — #3,379 in the national rankings. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 45% of all recorded Clarias. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1955 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 56 Clarias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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About the name Claria
Claria is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1922 and has accumulated 56 births in the dataset. Claria's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #3,379. Use the chart and map above to compare Claria's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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