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Claire
Pronounced /ˈklɛə/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1923 · #762
Origin
French
Also recorded for girls:3,329 in 2024 (#67)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Claire in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1923 with 75 babies, ranked #762.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 2,204 boys have been named Claire since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Claire per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,046 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 683 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 238 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 31 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 75 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 44 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from French Claire, also a spelling variant of the English Clare.
- A female given name from French.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Clare.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /ˈklɛə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Claire, CC BY-SA 4.0.