How Many People Are Named Claire?
people named Claire are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,021 people in the US has this name
Based on 214,123 babies named Claire in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,216 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of CLARA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Claire in English. Counting Claire and these spellings together, about 192,324 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Claire (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Claire alive today is about 26 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Claire first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2016, to 5,216 babies. In 2025, 3,487 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Claire never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #40, in 2016, and it was in the top 100 for 28 years, 1998 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #68.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #68 |
| Best rank | #40 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | 28 (1998 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #43 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Claire alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Claire were born in California than in any other state: about 17,398 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Claire was given 4 times as often in Rhode Island, 3 times in Massachusetts and 3 times in New Hampshire.
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