Clare
#924 for girls in 2025, 283 births · Last seen for boys in 1999 at #9,912
Given to girls 91.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 38 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 31,456since 1880
Clare over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #924 | 283 | — | |
| 2024 | #948 | 277 | — | |
| 2023 | #985 | 260 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,012 | 257 | — | |
| 2021 | #837 | 329 | — | |
| 2020 | #830 | 329 | — | |
| 2019 | #803 | 344 | — | |
| 2018 | #762 | 357 | — | |
| 2017 | #867 | 315 | — | |
| 2016 | #722 | 394 | — | |
| 2015 | #728 | 389 | — | |
| 2014 | #723 | 387 | — | |
| 2013 | #727 | 377 | — | |
| 2012 | #730 | 379 | — | |
| 2011 | #679 | 414 | — | |
| 2010 | #681 | 421 | — | |
| 2009 | #711 | 405 | — | |
| 2008 | #674 | 453 | — | |
| 2007 | #630 | 473 | — | |
| 2006 | #659 | 439 | — | |
| 2005 | #674 | 412 | — | |
| 2004 | #651 | 419 | — | |
| 2003 | #638 | 417 | — | |
| 2002 | #597 | 433 | — | |
| 2001 | #562 | 460 | — | |
| 2000 | #535 | 485 | — | |
| 1999 | #509 | 507 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #500 | 510 | — | |
| 1997 | #534 | 446 | — | |
| 1996 | #526 | 450 | — | |
| 1995 | #587 | 388 | — | |
| 1994 | #623 | 355 | — | |
| 1993 | #668 | 328 | — | |
| 1992 | #679 | 323 | — | |
| 1991 | #669 | 323 | — | |
| 1990 | #657 | 338 | — | |
| 1989 | #710 | 279 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #740 | 253 | — | |
| 1987 | #725 | 249 | — | |
| 1986 | #792 | 212 | — | |
| 1985 | #798 | 208 | — | |
| 1984 | #766 | 210 | — | |
| 1983 | #890 | 170 | — | |
| 1982 | #846 | 184 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,015 | 143 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,077 | 131 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,061 | 130 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,072 | 123 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,110 | 115 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #1,055 | 116 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #1,066 | 110 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #1,115 | 104 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,054 | 110 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,313 | 77 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,405 | 75 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,052 | 116 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #1,007 | 115 | — | |
| 1968 | #898 | 132 | — | |
| 1967 | #815 | 149 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #759 | 167 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #745 | 180 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #656 | 243 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #586 | 286 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #549 | 318 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #538 | 334 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #538 | 321 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #548 | 313 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #528 | 333 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #561 | 293 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | #571 | 271 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #518 | 318 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1954 | #549 | 261 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #479 | 323 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #546 | 248 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | #518 | 255 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #496 | 265 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1949 | #525 | 245 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #555 | 223 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1947 | #505 | 267 | #1,116 | 42 |
| 1946 | #503 | 241 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1945 | #493 | 217 | #1,122 | 34 |
| 1944 | #474 | 225 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #512 | 212 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1942 | #579 | 163 | #1,036 | 42 |
| 1941 | #550 | 162 | #971 | 43 |
| 1940 | #522 | 173 | #1,275 | 28 |
| 1939 | #532 | 156 | #1,052 | 37 |
| 1938 | #573 | 143 | #883 | 50 |
| 1937 | #507 | 168 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | #500 | 167 | #972 | 41 |
| 1935 | #487 | 167 | #1,040 | 38 |
| 1934 | #472 | 188 | #897 | 49 |
| 1933 | #466 | 199 | #937 | 45 |
| 1932 | #438 | 226 | #763 | 68 |
| 1931 | #423 | 234 | #816 | 59 |
| 1930 | #444 | 231 | #855 | 59 |
| 1929 | #459 | 208 | #806 | 64 |
| 1928 | #450 | 231 | #722 | 78 |
| 1927 | #443 | 241 | #766 | 73 |
| 1926 | #440 | 241 | #694 | 83 |
| 1925 | #432 | 254 | #659 | 94 |
| 1924 | #471 | 217 | #722 | 84 |
| 1923 | #436 | 240 | #671 | 91 |
| 1922 | #453 | 229 | #678 | 91 |
| 1921 | #445 | 241 | #674 | 92 |
| 1920 | #435 | 237 | #623 | 103 |
| 1919 | #429 | 233 | #657 | 88 |
| 1918 | #410 | 255 | #667 | 86 |
| 1917 | #474 | 189 | #636 | 87 |
| 1916 | #427 | 215 | #630 | 85 |
| 1915 | #471 | 171 | #662 | 77 |
| 1914 | #407 | 169 | #579 | 75 |
| 1913 | #472 | 113 | #629 | 50 |
| 1912 | #402 | 132 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #443 | 84 | #597 | 26 |
| 1910 | #406 | 94 | #707 | 18 |
| 1909 | #431 | 73 | #530 | 24 |
| 1908 | #430 | 70 | #712 | 14 |
| 1907 | #481 | 55 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | #444 | 59 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #413 | 67 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #421 | 59 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #419 | 57 | #656 | 12 |
| 1902 | #408 | 57 | #556 | 15 |
| 1901 | #432 | 47 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #423 | 63 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #480 | 37 | #481 | 16 |
| 1898 | #401 | 59 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #420 | 48 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #387 | 53 | #462 | 19 |
| 1895 | #411 | 47 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #372 | 56 | #480 | 17 |
| 1893 | #500 | 30 | #459 | 16 |
| 1892 | #351 | 56 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | #430 | 34 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #429 | 35 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #416 | 34 | #581 | 11 |
| 1888 | #366 | 43 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #390 | 31 | #516 | 12 |
| 1886 | #424 | 26 | #647 | 9 |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #320 | 38 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | #397 | 22 | #527 | 12 |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #374 | 20 | — | |
| 1880 | #435 | 15 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clare was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 23 girls a year got the name.
See more about Clare
- 24 spots since 2024 (#948 → #924)
- 94 spots since 2020 (#830 → #924)
- 196 spots since 2015 (#728 → #924)
- Biggest jump: 169 spots in 1982 (#1,015 → #846)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 2022 (#837 → #1,012)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #320 (38 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 132 yrs · run 1880–1968
- Highest: 1 in 3,395 girls born in 1884 were named Clare (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,679 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 14.0% of all girls named Clare (4,396) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 277 | #320 (1884) | #391 |
| 1890s | 455 | #351 (1892) | #418 |
| 1900s | 607 | #408 (1902) | #430 |
| 1910s | 1,655 | #402 (1912) | #434 |
| 1920s | 2,339 | #432 (1925) | #446 |
| 1930s | 1,879 | #423 (1931) | #484 |
| 1940s | 2,128 | #474 (1944) | #522 |
| 1950s | 2,880 | #479 (1953) | #531 |
| 1960s | 2,245 | #538 (1961) | #709 |
| 1970s | 1,076 | #1,052 (1970) | #1,130 |
| 1980s | 2,039 | #710 (1989) | #836 |
| 1990s | 3,968 | #500 (1998) | #595 |
| 2000s | 4,396 | #535 (2000) | #633 |
| 2010s | 3,777 | #679 (2011) | #742 |
| 2020s | 1,735 | #830 (2020) | #923 |
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.
Clare in 1884
Top girls' names in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
girls
129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 3,395 of them was named Clare, which outranked 72.7% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 488Roxy#536 → #1,024
- ↓ 463Fredericka#561 → #1,024
- ↓ 445Albert#579 → #1,024
- ↓ 409Roseanna#615 → #1,024
- ↓ 373Delpha#651 → #1,024
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 11,444 of them was named Clare, which outranked 45.5% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).