NameTides

Clair

Clair was the #4,661 girls' name in the US in 2025 (29 babies).

Clair as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Clair as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020US
Clair as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,661 (29)————
2024#4,560 (30)————
2023#4,746 (28)————
2022#6,464 (18)————
2021#4,964 (26)————
2020#4,358 (31)————
2019#3,718 (40)———#2,188 (9)
2018#4,237 (33)————
2017#4,695 (29)———#2,876 (6)
2016#4,531 (31)———#2,383 (8)
2015#3,346 (48)———#3,286 (5)
2014#2,969 (57)———#2,374 (8)
2013#3,465 (45)————
2012#3,006 (56)———#2,158 (9)
2011#3,222 (51)————

Clair as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Clair as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020
Clair as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2020#12,022 (5)—
2016#12,185 (5)—
2011#12,287 (5)—
2002#10,667 (5)—
2001#8,339 (7)—
1997#8,110 (6)—
1996#5,535 (10)—
1995#6,992 (7)—
1993#8,700 (5)—
1992#6,670 (7)—
1991—#1,493 (6)
1990#6,415 (7)—
1988#4,162 (11)—
1986#2,779 (18)—
1985#3,805 (11)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1899 at #835.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2020, 86% of US babies named Clair were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Clair is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 50,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 33,000 to 1 in 74,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClairCanadaGirls—too few
ClairCanadaBoys—too few
ClairEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ClairIrelandGirls—too few
ClairNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ClairScotlandGirls—too few
ClairUSGirls#4,66129
ClairUSBoys—too few