Claire
For 2025 the count puts Claire at #68 nationwide, neither climbing nor fading. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 211,919 American bearers across the record.
What Claire carries
Claire · Latin
“famous”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Claire’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Claire, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Claire since 1880
Claire peaked in 2016 at #40; #68 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Claire is most common
The state that gives Claire most often, per girls born there, is Vermont (1.03% in 2025); Wyoming and District of Columbia are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Claire
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Silas
#71 in 2025 · Latin
Adrian
#74 in 2025 · Latin
August
#81 in 2025 · Latin
Lucia
#83 in 2025 · Latin
Luka
#85 in 2025 · Latin
Stella
#52 in 2025 · Latin
Cecilia
#108 in 2025 · Latin
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
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About Claire
How common is Claire today?
For 2025 the count puts Claire at #68 nationwide, neither climbing nor fading. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Claire?
The reference we cite records “famous”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Claire?
Nearest by the published recipe: Silas, Adrian and August. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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