Girls' name · peaked in 1884
Clare name popularity since 1925
28,925 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Clare (94.4% girls, 5.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1987 or earlier, so the typical Clare is about 39 years old in 2026. Clare peaked in 1884 as the #320 name for girls, and it ranked #924 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,925
- Named Clare, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1884
- #320 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #924
- for girls in 2025 (283 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 94.4% girls
- 27,298 girls · 1,627 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 2.51× its national share
Peak year is the year Clare 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.
Clare births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1998. Measured as a share of all babies, Clare peaked earlier, in 1884.
- Steepest fall: Between 1964 and 1969, Clare's share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 7,800 to 1 in 14,700.
- Fastest rise: Between 1993 and 1998, it became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 5,520 baby girls to 1 in 3,460.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Clare's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Clare.
Decade by decade
Babies named Clare 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 | 1,175 | 392 | – |
| 1930s | 1,879 | 493 | #488 |
| 1940s | 2,128 | 364 | #493 |
| 1950s | 2,880 | 239 | #518 |
| 1960s | 2,245 | 91 | #745 |
| 1970s | 1,076 | 38 | #1,069 |
| 1980s | 2,039 | 5 | #798 |
| 1990s | 3,968 | 5 | #587 |
| 2000s | 4,396 | 0 | #675 |
| 2010s | 3,777 | 0 | #731 |
| 2020–25 | 1,735 | 0 | #924 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
24.5% of babies named Clare from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Clare is most popular
The index compares Clare'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 Clare.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2.51× | 1,422 |
| New Jersey | 1.98× | 1,300 |
| Michigan | 1.92× | 1,748 |
| New York | 1.90× | 3,438 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.86× | 2,261 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Clare's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Clare.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Clare (1884).
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