Girls' name · peaked in 2016
Claire name popularity since 1925
196,615 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Claire (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2002 or earlier, so the typical Claire is about 24 years old in 2026. Claire peaked in 2016 as the #40 name for girls, and it ranked #68 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 196,615
- Named Claire, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #68
- for girls in 2025 (3,487 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 195,352 girls · 1,263 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 3.05× its national share
Peak year is the year Claire made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Claire births per year, 1925–2025
2016 was the biggest year for Claire both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1962 and 1967, Claire's share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 2,440 to 1 in 4,240.
- Fastest rise: Between 1980 and 1985, it became 2× more common, from 1 in 2,930 baby girls to 1 in 1,450.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Claire's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Claire.
Decade by decade
Babies named Claire in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 8,451 | 305 | – |
| 1930s | 12,639 | 399 | #171 |
| 1940s | 10,261 | 236 | #211 |
| 1950s | 10,262 | 151 | #273 |
| 1960s | 5,944 | 29 | #403 |
| 1970s | 3,943 | 14 | #475 |
| 1980s | 10,844 | 52 | #220 |
| 1990s | 25,326 | 28 | #129 |
| 2000s | 39,009 | 39 | #95 |
| 2010s | 47,728 | 5 | #49 |
| 2020–25 | 20,945 | 5 | #68 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
32.7% of babies named Claire from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Claire is most popular
The index compares Claire's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Claire.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 3.05× | 2,108 |
| New Hampshire | 2.66× | 1,631 |
| Massachusetts | 2.55× | 11,817 |
| Vermont | 2.30× | 747 |
| Maine | 1.81× | 1,511 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Claire and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Claire (this page) | 195,352 | 2016 |
| Klaire | 1,814 | 2012 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Claire's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Claire.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Claire (2016).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data