Clare

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Clare is a given name, the medieval English form of Clara. The related name Clair was traditionally considered male, but Clare and Claire are usually female. It is very often associated with the Irish County Clare.

From Wikipedia

Clare first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 216 babies (rank #200 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Clare

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

1,066
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
216
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996216#200
1997184#224
1998122#298
1999104#322
200080#399
200169#444
200249#582
200347#622
200431#873
200526#997
200619#1,335
200717#1,515
200818#1,531
200912#2,045
201015#1,836
201112#2,168
201216#1,832
201311#2,345
20149#2,695
20155#4,233
20164#4,961