Clair

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 26% girls / 74% boys

Meaning

Claire or Clair is a given name of French origin. The word means clear in French in its feminine form.

From Wikipedia

Clair first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 119 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1923 with 356 babies (rank #295 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Clair

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Clair yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7Destiny numberThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
6PersonalityThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

16,322

Total babies (all years)

119

Years in the data

356

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Clair

Clair Cameron Pattersongeochemist · b. 1922

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	12	#536
1881	9	#607
1882	15	#471
1883	15	#462
1884	13	#527
1885	14	#503
1886	20	#397
1887	12	#522
1888	26	#361
1889	20	#406
1890	20	#407
1891	32	#292
1892	28	#358
1893	25	#360
1894	32	#308
1895	31	#331
1896	33	#329
1897	27	#361
1898	37	#316
1899	30	#324
1900	39	#350
1901	21	#408
1902	37	#322
1903	33	#331
1904	42	#300
1905	43	#306
1906	40	#324
1907	50	#301
1908	53	#301
1909	39	#388
1910	35	#464
1911	70	#323
1912	136	#317
1913	191	#288
1914	204	#319
1915	297	#291
1916	301	#297
1917	314	#297
1918	325	#310
1919	339	#292
1920	339	#311
1921	321	#330
1922	320	#322
1923	356	#295
1924	327	#320
1925	310	#326
1926	337	#308
1927	288	#337
1928	286	#332
1929	285	#328
1930	314	#313
1931	254	#344
1932	238	#362
1933	248	#338
1934	238	#357
1935	217	#366
1936	227	#359
1937	198	#392
1938	177	#429
1939	208	#391
1940	175	#439
1941	165	#461
1942	180	#462
1943	165	#480
1944	159	#479
1945	132	#521
1946	143	#537
1947	158	#536
1948	148	#548
1949	116	#635
1950	113	#659
1951	136	#596
1952	131	#618
1953	126	#636
1954	105	#709
1955	99	#732
1956	115	#689
1957	80	#842
1958	84	#821
1959	72	#904
1960	67	#923
1961	75	#882
1962	63	#957
1963	69	#900
1964	52	#1,047
1965	57	#976
1966	41	#1,167
1967	34	#1,292
1968	24	#1,617
1969	31	#1,445
1970	27	#1,663
1971	22	#1,928
1972	27	#1,686
1973	23	#1,883
1974	24	#1,894
1975	14	#2,780
1976	19	#2,349
1977	13	#3,069
1978	16	#2,688
1979	14	#3,036
1980	22	#2,292
1981	12	#3,454
1982	8	#4,665
1983	18	#2,594
1984	10	#3,973
1985	11	#3,841
1986	18	#2,796
1988	11	#4,211
1990	7	#6,530
1992	7	#6,783
1993	5	#8,946
1995	7	#7,121
1996	10	#5,602
1997	6	#8,313
2001	7	#8,467
2002	5	#10,963
2011	5	#12,632
2016	5	#12,559
2020	5	#12,397