NameTides

Claira

Claira was the #1,818 girls' name in the US in 2025 (110 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Claira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Claira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Claira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,818 (110)—#3,478 (5)
2024#1,743 (116)—#1,949 (11)
2023#2,142 (89)—#2,027 (10)
2022#1,942 (102)—#1,854 (11)
2021#1,991 (97)—#1,876 (11)
2020#1,728 (116)—#1,557 (14)
2019#1,816 (112)—#1,067 (24)
2018#1,585 (136)—#1,031 (25)
2017#1,686 (127)—#1,333 (18)
2016#1,649 (131)—#1,075 (24)
2015#1,580 (138)—#1,016 (25)
2014#1,493 (149)—#1,005 (26)
2013#1,616 (133)—#1,091 (23)
2012#1,680 (126)#5,876 (3)#1,097 (23)
2011#1,679 (125)—#1,021 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #1,493.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1927.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Claira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Claira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Claira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClairaCanadaGirls#3,4785
ClairaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ClairaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ClairaUSGirls#1,818110