NameTides

Claire

Claire was the #68 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,487 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #54 in Canada.

Claire as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Claire as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Claire as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#68 (3,487)#1,362 (23)#780 (3)—#352 (11)#54 (418)——
2024#67 (3,337)#1,021 (34)#638 (4)#407 (3)#556 (6)#56 (399)—#94 (63)
2023#68 (3,200)#1,288 (25)#749 (3)#328 (4)#339 (11)#57 (388)——
2022#66 (3,380)#1,023 (33)——#357 (11)#54 (425)#86 (80)—
2021#59 (3,704)#983 (35)#792 (3)#446 (3)#270 (16)#50 (480)#79 (89)—
2020#58 (3,837)#1,127 (29)#765 (3)—#315 (13)#34 (573)#87 (81)—
2019#55 (4,130)#838 (44)#493 (6)—#284 (16)#37 (577)#63 (105)#91 (69)
2018#50 (4,406)#1,013 (35)#449 (7)—#228 (21)#36 (585)#66 (101)#93 (58)
2017#49 (4,702)#915 (41)#570 (5)#432 (3)#365 (11)#30 (664)#49 (118)#67 (77)
2016#40 (5,216)#852 (44)#502 (6)#440 (3)#208 (23)#30 (687)#61 (114)#76 (71)
2015#49 (4,837)#984 (36)#455 (7)#312 (5)#185 (30)#32 (656)#56 (118)#75 (66)
2014#44 (5,015)#986 (37)#603 (5)—#197 (27)#36 (608)#57 (120)#87 (60)
2013#50 (4,661)#865 (43)#564 (5)#199 (10)#170 (35)#34 (603)#60 (112)#98 (54)
2012#45 (4,944)#825 (46)#525 (6)#268 (7)#157 (37)#30 (637)#46 (145)#72 (72)
2011#50 (4,900)#817 (45)#273 (15)#246 (7)#170 (34)#33 (621)#63 (106)#55 (81)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #40.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 460 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 460common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 360common

Next year

On its recent trend, Claire is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 490 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 440 to 1 in 540.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Claire by state, 2025Alaska: #60AKMaine: #57MEWisconsin: #50WIVermont: #34VTNew Hampshire: #66NHWashington: #50WAIdaho: #85IDMontana: #62MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #52MNIllinois: #63ILMichigan: #48MINew York: #75NYMassachusetts: #44MAOregon: #72ORNevada: #165NVWyoming: #58WYSouth Dakota: #62SDIowa: #43IAIndiana: #58INOhio: #54OHPennsylvania: #54PANew Jersey: #60NJConnecticut: #55CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #83CAUtah: #32UTColorado: #62CONebraska: #61NEMissouri: #80MOKentucky: #118KYWest Virginia: #116WVVirginia: #52VAMaryland: #55MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #84AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #67KSArkansas: #86ARTennessee: #112TNNorth Carolina: #59NCSouth Carolina: #79SCDistrict of Columbia: #57DCOklahoma: #87OKLouisiana: #109LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #106ALGeorgia: #100GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #77TXFlorida: #101FL
Claire (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#50162
Quebec2025#6978

Claire (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClaireCanadaGirls#54418
ClaireCanadaBoys—too few
ClaireEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
ClaireIrelandGirls#35211
ClaireNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ClaireNSWGirls—too few
ClaireScotlandGirls#7803
ClaireUSGirls#683,487
ClaireUSBoys—too few
ClaireVICGirls—too few