Clair
Girl · French
Clair is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Clair mean?
French
A female given name from French.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Clair a girl's or a boy's name?
Clair is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clair in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Clair in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2001. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#94).
Clair in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 2 | #6,929 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 2 | #6,264 |
| 2004 | 2 | #6,098 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Clair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Clair, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 66 girls.
Half of all the girls named Clair in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1891, 18% of the babies named Clair in the US were girls. By 2020 it was 86%, with more girls than boys since 1981.
Clair in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 45 | #3,463 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,802 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,815 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 57 | #2,311 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 66 | #2,052 |
| 1990 | 49 | #2,459 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,366 |
| 1988 | 65 | #1,887 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,002 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,339 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,171 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,741 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,981 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,694 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,702 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,967 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,584 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,502 |
| 1952 | 40 | #1,522 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,504 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,374 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,519 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,480 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1944 | 44 | #1,187 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,899 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,446 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,585 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,547 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,303 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,741 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,317 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,314 |
| 1930 | 51 | #1,031 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,281 |
| 1928 | 48 | #1,085 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,278 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,324 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 49 | #1,084 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,366 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,298 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,165 |
| 1917 | 32 | #1,281 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,405 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,034 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,171 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,057 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 15 | #835 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
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