Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls
Origin: FrenchClaire or Clair is a given name of French origin. The word means clear in French in its feminine form.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Claire yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Clear. Clean. Honest. French origin but fully naturalized into English. No one mispronounces it, no one misspells it. I chose it because I wanted her name to never be an obstacle.
— Victoria, Washington DC, 2018
My grandmother Clare — Irish spelling — passed the year my daughter was born. The French spelling was an accident. I'd been reading a French novel all week. It turned out to be its own thing, which I think she'd have liked.
— Brigid, Chicago IL, 2020
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 21 | #354 |
| 1881 | 23 | #339 |
| 1882 | 30 | #324 |
| 1883 | 38 | #287 |
| 1884 | 33 | #342 |
| 1885 | 49 | #284 |
| 1886 | 61 | #265 |
| 1887 | 58 | #278 |
| 1888 | 73 | #270 |
| 1889 | 62 | #307 |
| 1890 | 72 | #291 |
| 1891 | 84 | #267 |
| 1892 | 86 | #292 |
| 1893 | 92 | #277 |
| 1894 | 96 | #283 |
| 1895 | 118 | #259 |
| 1896 | 106 | #283 |
| 1897 | 105 | #275 |
| 1898 | 133 | #259 |
| 1899 | 121 | #260 |
| 1900 | 156 | #262 |
| 1901 | 122 | #266 |
| 1902 | 156 | #244 |
| 1903 | 164 | #233 |
| 1904 | 163 | #244 |
| 1905 | 184 | #232 |
| 1906 | 213 | #213 |
| 1907 | 206 | #230 |
| 1908 | 235 | #224 |
| 1909 | 259 | #218 |
| 1910 | 274 | #233 |
| 1911 | 333 | #213 |
| 1912 | 440 | #212 |
| 1913 | 490 | #212 |
| 1914 | 570 | #219 |
| 1915 | 809 | #204 |
| 1916 | 838 | #208 |
| 1917 | 926 | #200 |
| 1918 | 1,072 | #186 |
| 1919 | 953 | #197 |
| 1920 | 1,019 | #194 |
| 1921 | 1,210 | #182 |
| 1922 | 1,339 | #167 |
| 1923 | 1,392 | #167 |
| 1924 | 1,583 | #160 |
| 1925 | 1,503 | #159 |
| 1926 | 1,679 | #144 |
| 1927 | 1,836 | #136 |
| 1928 | 1,734 | #136 |
| 1929 | 1,699 | #134 |
| 1930 | 1,654 | #136 |
| 1931 | 1,627 | #139 |
| 1932 | 1,506 | #140 |
| 1933 | 1,372 | #144 |
| 1934 | 1,309 | #155 |
| 1935 | 1,124 | #171 |
| 1936 | 1,083 | #176 |
| 1937 | 959 | #191 |
| 1938 | 1,074 | #184 |
| 1939 | 931 | #189 |
| 1940 | 950 | #194 |
| 1941 | 953 | #196 |
| 1942 | 1,027 | #199 |
| 1943 | 1,001 | #207 |
| 1944 | 1,006 | #202 |
| 1945 | 916 | #211 |
| 1946 | 1,115 | #212 |
| 1947 | 1,180 | #216 |
| 1948 | 1,023 | #232 |
| 1949 | 1,090 | #226 |
| 1950 | 1,038 | #234 |
| 1951 | 1,061 | #239 |
| 1952 | 1,078 | #241 |
| 1953 | 1,090 | #244 |
| 1954 | 1,031 | #258 |
| 1955 | 993 | #273 |
| 1956 | 985 | #277 |
| 1957 | 1,030 | #271 |
| 1958 | 962 | #288 |
| 1959 | 995 | #284 |
| 1960 | 899 | #315 |
| 1961 | 811 | #331 |
| 1962 | 807 | #328 |
| 1963 | 676 | #372 |
| 1964 | 607 | #394 |
| 1965 | 526 | #403 |
| 1966 | 499 | #420 |
| 1967 | 389 | #480 |
| 1968 | 353 | #515 |
| 1969 | 378 | #501 |
| 1970 | 341 | #547 |
| 1971 | 297 | #587 |
| 1972 | 274 | #585 |
| 1973 | 407 | #453 |
| 1974 | 367 | #483 |
| 1975 | 388 | #475 |
| 1976 | 377 | #485 |
| 1977 | 472 | #430 |
| 1978 | 481 | #420 |
| 1979 | 541 | #400 |
| 1980 | 567 | #404 |
| 1981 | 680 | #343 |
| 1982 | 815 | #299 |
| 1983 | 857 | #275 |
| 1984 | 979 | #254 |
| 1985 | 1,188 | #220 |
| 1986 | 1,307 | #198 |
| 1987 | 1,335 | #202 |
| 1988 | 1,446 | #190 |
| 1989 | 1,671 | #171 |
| 1990 | 1,854 | #158 |
| 1991 | 1,819 | #162 |
| 1992 | 1,949 | #158 |
| 1993 | 1,897 | #165 |
| 1994 | 2,175 | #149 |
| 1995 | 2,474 | #129 |
| 1996 | 2,741 | #116 |
| 1997 | 3,039 | #108 |
| 1998 | 3,642 | #91 |
| 1999 | 3,734 | #86 |
| 2000 | 3,711 | #86 |
| 2001 | 3,642 | #82 |
| 2002 | 3,405 | #95 |
| 2003 | 3,571 | #92 |
| 2004 | 3,333 | #99 |
| 2005 | 3,293 | #95 |
| 2006 | 4,013 | #86 |
| 2007 | 4,612 | #66 |
| 2008 | 4,601 | #62 |
| 2009 | 4,825 | #53 |
| 2010 | 4,916 | #53 |
| 2011 | 4,900 | #50 |
| 2012 | 4,944 | #45 |
| 2013 | 4,660 | #50 |
| 2014 | 5,015 | #44 |
| 2015 | 4,837 | #49 |
| 2016 | 5,216 | #40 |
| 2017 | 4,702 | #49 |
| 2018 | 4,405 | #50 |
| 2019 | 4,130 | #55 |
| 2020 | 3,837 | #58 |
| 2021 | 3,703 | #59 |
| 2022 | 3,380 | #66 |
| 2023 | 3,199 | #67 |
| 2024 | 3,329 | #67 |
