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Clare
Pronounced /klɛə/
Rank in 2024
#950
Born in 2024
276
Peak year
1998 · #502
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 276 girls were named Clare, about 1 in every 5,845.
- It peaked in 1998 with 510 babies, ranked #502.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 31,172 girls have been named Clare since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Clare per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,099 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Silent: 3,470 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,358 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,951 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,412 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,073 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,014 babies, 0.20 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár (“plank, board”), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”). ==== Proper noun ==== Clare A county of Ireland. A town in County Cavan, Ireland. A district municipality in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada, named after County Clare. A number of places in the United States, likely to be named after County Clare: An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois. An unincorporated community in White River Township, Hamilton County, Indiana. A minor city in Webster County, Iowa; after County Clare.
- A unisex given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of quite uncommon usage.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /klɛə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Clare, CC BY-SA 4.0.