Claire
#68 for girls in 2025, 3,487 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 5,216 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 28 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 211,919since 1880
Claire over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #68 | 3,487 | — | |
| 2024 | #67 | 3,337 | — | |
| 2023 | #68 | 3,200 | — | |
| 2022 | #66 | 3,380 | — | |
| 2021 | #59 | 3,704 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #58 | 3,837 | — | |
| 2019 | #55 | 4,130 | — | |
| 2018 | #50 | 4,406 | — | |
| 2017 | #49 | 4,702 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #40 | 5,216 | — | |
| 2015 | #49 | 4,837 | — | |
| 2014 | #44 | 5,015 | — | |
| 2013 | #50 | 4,661 | — | |
| 2012 | #45 | 4,944 | — | |
| 2011 | #50 | 4,900 | — | |
| 2010 | #53 | 4,917 | — | |
| 2009 | #53 | 4,825 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #62 | 4,601 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #66 | 4,614 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #86 | 4,013 | — | |
| 2005 | #95 | 3,293 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #99 | 3,333 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #92 | 3,571 | — | |
| 2002 | #95 | 3,406 | — | |
| 2001 | #82 | 3,642 | — | |
| 2000 | #86 | 3,711 | — | |
| 1999 | #86 | 3,734 | — | |
| 1998 | #91 | 3,642 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #108 | 3,039 | — | |
| 1996 | #115 | 2,741 | — | |
| 1995 | #129 | 2,474 | — | |
| 1994 | #149 | 2,175 | — | |
| 1993 | #165 | 1,898 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #158 | 1,949 | — | |
| 1991 | #162 | 1,819 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #158 | 1,855 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #171 | 1,671 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | #190 | 1,446 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #202 | 1,335 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #198 | 1,307 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #220 | 1,187 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #254 | 979 | — | |
| 1983 | #275 | 857 | — | |
| 1982 | #299 | 815 | — | |
| 1981 | #343 | 680 | — | |
| 1980 | #401 | 567 | — | |
| 1979 | #401 | 539 | — | |
| 1978 | #420 | 481 | — | |
| 1977 | #430 | 472 | — | |
| 1976 | #485 | 377 | — | |
| 1975 | #475 | 388 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #483 | 367 | — | |
| 1973 | #451 | 407 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #585 | 274 | — | |
| 1971 | #587 | 297 | — | |
| 1970 | #547 | 341 | — | |
| 1969 | #501 | 377 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #515 | 353 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #480 | 389 | — | |
| 1966 | #420 | 499 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #403 | 526 | — | |
| 1964 | #394 | 607 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #372 | 676 | — | |
| 1962 | #328 | 807 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #331 | 811 | — | |
| 1960 | #315 | 899 | — | |
| 1959 | #284 | 995 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #288 | 962 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #271 | 1,030 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #277 | 985 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #273 | 993 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #258 | 1,031 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #244 | 1,090 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #241 | 1,078 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #239 | 1,060 | #1,643 | 21 |
| 1950 | #234 | 1,038 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #226 | 1,090 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | #232 | 1,023 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #216 | 1,180 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #212 | 1,115 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #211 | 916 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #202 | 1,006 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #207 | 1,001 | #1,431 | 24 |
| 1942 | #199 | 1,027 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #196 | 953 | #1,209 | 30 |
| 1940 | #194 | 950 | #1,156 | 33 |
| 1939 | #189 | 931 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #184 | 1,074 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #191 | 959 | #1,074 | 36 |
| 1936 | #176 | 1,083 | #989 | 40 |
| 1935 | #171 | 1,124 | #1,020 | 39 |
| 1934 | #155 | 1,309 | #956 | 44 |
| 1933 | #144 | 1,372 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #140 | 1,506 | #1,090 | 38 |
| 1931 | #139 | 1,627 | #775 | 65 |
| 1930 | #136 | 1,654 | #976 | 48 |
| 1929 | #134 | 1,699 | #844 | 60 |
| 1928 | #136 | 1,734 | #826 | 63 |
| 1927 | #136 | 1,836 | #825 | 65 |
| 1926 | #144 | 1,679 | #955 | 51 |
| 1925 | #159 | 1,503 | #814 | 66 |
| 1924 | #159 | 1,583 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #167 | 1,392 | #755 | 75 |
| 1922 | #167 | 1,339 | #840 | 66 |
| 1921 | #182 | 1,210 | #804 | 71 |
| 1920 | #194 | 1,019 | #785 | 72 |
| 1919 | #197 | 953 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #186 | 1,072 | #824 | 63 |
| 1917 | #200 | 926 | #797 | 62 |
| 1916 | #208 | 838 | #757 | 65 |
| 1915 | #204 | 809 | #863 | 51 |
| 1914 | #219 | 570 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #212 | 490 | #789 | 36 |
| 1912 | #212 | 440 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #213 | 333 | #896 | 14 |
| 1910 | #233 | 274 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #218 | 259 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #224 | 235 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #230 | 206 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #213 | 213 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #232 | 184 | #525 | 19 |
| 1904 | #243 | 163 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #232 | 164 | #696 | 11 |
| 1902 | #244 | 156 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #265 | 122 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #262 | 156 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #260 | 121 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #258 | 133 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #275 | 105 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #283 | 106 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #259 | 118 | — | |
| 1894 | #283 | 96 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #277 | 92 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #292 | 86 | — | |
| 1891 | #267 | 84 | — | |
| 1890 | #291 | 72 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #307 | 62 | — | |
| 1888 | #270 | 73 | — | |
| 1887 | #278 | 58 | — | |
| 1886 | #265 | 61 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #283 | 49 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #341 | 33 | — | |
| 1883 | #287 | 38 | — | |
| 1882 | #323 | 30 | — | |
| 1881 | #338 | 23 | — | |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Claire was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 31 girls a year got the name.
See more about Claire
- 1 spot since 2024 (#67 → #68)
- 10 spots since 2020 (#58 → #68)
- 19 spots since 2015 (#49 → #68)
- Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1973 (#585 → #451)
- Biggest drop: 60 spots in 1967 (#420 → #480)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2016 at #40 (5,216 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 340 girls born in 2016 were named Claire (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 461 girls born in 2025 (0.22%)
- 22.5% of all girls named Claire (47,728) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 448 | #265 (1886) | #304 |
| 1890s | 1,013 | #258 (1898) | #275 |
| 1900s | 1,858 | #213 (1906) | #236 |
| 1910s | 6,705 | #186 (1918) | #208 |
| 1920s | 14,994 | #134 (1929) | #158 |
| 1930s | 12,639 | #136 (1930) | #163 |
| 1940s | 10,261 | #194 (1940) | #210 |
| 1950s | 10,262 | #234 (1950) | #261 |
| 1960s | 5,944 | #315 (1960) | #406 |
| 1970s | 3,943 | #401 (1979) | #486 |
| 1980s | 10,844 | #171 (1989) | #255 |
| 1990s | 25,326 | #86 (1999) | #132 |
| 2000s | 39,009 | #53 (2009) | #82 |
| 2010s | 47,728 | #40 (2016) | #49 |
| 2020s | 20,945 | #58 (2020) | #64 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Claire in 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 1,699 of them was named Claire, which outranked 96.2% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 89,659 of them was named Claire, which outranked 61.4% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,598Sherry22
- #1,598Verdell22
- #1,598Verlyn22
- #1,643Claire21
- #1,643Apolinar21
- #1,643Arland21
- #1,643Aubry21
- #1,683Albino20
- #1,683Alexis20
- #1,683Anibal20
Tied with 39 names at #1,643; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.