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Claire

Gender
Girl
Say it
KLAIR
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,280 for girls
US rank, 2025
#68 for girls

Claire is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, clear”. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 68th for girls in the US (3,487 babies).

What does Claire mean?

Latin: French form of Clara, from Latin clarus

“bright, clear”

The French form of Clara, made familiar in English through St Clare of Assisi.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Claire a girl's or a boy's name?

Claire is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 3,487 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Claire in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,280among girls
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Claire, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 791 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Claire since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Claire in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#55), 1974 (#2), 1984 (#6) and 1994 (#63).

1996Busiest: 791 in 19962025
Claire in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#1,280
202441#928
202332#1,125
202234#1,066
202141#926
202032#1,121
201950#809
201842#942
201749#851
201653#803
201548#854
201442#951
201358#746
201259#742
201167#654
201067#640
200988#506
200874#563
200787#493
2006101#442
2005118#373
2004158#294
2003159#286
2002224#217
2001294#164
2000337#150
1999458#124
1998581#104
1997704#86
1996791#80

How popular is Claire in the US?

Rank in 2025
#68among girls
Babies in 2025
3,487about 1 in 460 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 19% in five years
Same name in a class
3%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3,487 girls in the US were named Claire, making it the 68th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 58th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5,216 girls.

Half of all the girls named Claire in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 5,216 in 20162025
Claire in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253,487#68
20243,337#67
20233,200#68
20223,380#66
20213,704#59
20203,837#58
20194,130#55
20184,406#50
20174,702#49
20165,216#40
20154,837#49
20145,015#44
20134,661#50
20124,944#45
20114,900#50
20104,917#53
20094,825#53
20084,601#62
20074,614#66
20064,013#86
20053,293#95
20043,333#99
20033,571#92
20023,406#95
20013,642#82
20003,711#86
19993,734#86
19983,642#91
19973,039#108
19962,741#115
19952,474#129
19942,175#149
19931,898#165
19921,949#158
19911,819#162
19901,855#158
19891,671#171
19881,446#190
19871,335#202
19861,307#198
19851,187#220
1984979#254
1983857#275
1982815#299
1981680#343
1980567#401
1979539#401
1978481#420
1977472#430
1976377#485
1975388#475
1974367#483
1973407#451
1972274#585
1971297#587
1970341#547
1969377#501
1968353#515
1967389#480
1966499#420
1965526#403
1964607#394
1963676#372
1962807#328
1961811#331
1960899#315
1959995#284
1958962#288
19571,030#271
1956985#277
1955993#273
19541,031#258
19531,090#244
19521,078#241
19511,060#239
19501,038#234
19491,090#226
19481,023#232
19471,180#216
19461,115#212
1945916#211
19441,006#202
19431,001#207
19421,027#199
1941953#196
1940950#194
1939931#189
19381,074#184
1937959#191
19361,083#176
19351,124#171
19341,309#155
19331,372#144
19321,506#140
19311,627#139
19301,654#136
19291,699#134
19281,734#136
19271,836#136
19261,679#144
19251,503#159
19241,583#159
19231,392#167
19221,339#167
19211,210#182
19201,019#194
1919953#197
19181,072#186
1917926#200
1916838#208
1915809#204
1914570#219
1913490#212
1912440#212
1911333#213
1910274#233
1909259#218
1908235#224
1907206#230
1906213#213
1905184#232
1904163#243
1903164#232
1902156#244
1901122#265
1900156#262
1899121#260
1898133#258
1897105#275
1896106#283
1895118#259
189496#283
189392#277
189286#292
189184#267
189072#291
188962#307
188873#270
188758#278
188661#265
188549#283
188433#341
188338#287
188230#323
188123#338
188021#352

Names like Claire

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Charlotte Caoimhe Celine Cove Maeve Chloe Zoe Eve Bree Caragh Brooke Grace

Other spellings of Claire

Klaire

Names related to Claire

Clara Clare Clair Claira Clary Clarie

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Claire: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/claire, updated 20 October 2026.