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Clare
Pronounced /klɛə/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1920 · #625
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:276 in 2024 (#950)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Clare in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1920 with 103 babies, ranked #625.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 3,053 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,465 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 851 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 448 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 67 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 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.