Clare
Girl · Latin
Clare is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, shining, clear”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 924th for girls in the US (283 babies).
What does Clare mean?
Latin
“bright, shining, clear”
A unisex given name from Latin, more often spelled Claire from the 20th century onward.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Clare a girl's or a boy's name?
Clare is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 283 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clare in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Clare, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 269 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Clare than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Clare in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2003. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#72), 1974 (#15) and 1984 (#30).
Clare in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,330 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 33 | #985 |
| 2006 | 34 | #932 |
| 2005 | 45 | #735 |
| 2004 | 49 | #662 |
| 2003 | 67 | #521 |
| 2002 | 81 | #440 |
| 2001 | 116 | #336 |
| 2000 | 133 | #303 |
| 1999 | 164 | #269 |
| 1998 | 193 | #243 |
| 1997 | 269 | #183 |
| 1996 | 267 | #183 |
How popular is Clare in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #924among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 283about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 283 girls in the US were named Clare, making it the 924th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 830th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 510 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Clare in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 65% of the babies named Clare in the US in 1883, and over 99% in 1999.
Clare in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 283 | #924 |
| 2024 | 277 | #948 |
| 2023 | 260 | #985 |
| 2022 | 257 | #1,012 |
| 2021 | 329 | #837 |
| 2020 | 329 | #830 |
| 2019 | 344 | #803 |
| 2018 | 357 | #762 |
| 2017 | 315 | #867 |
| 2016 | 394 | #722 |
| 2015 | 389 | #728 |
| 2014 | 387 | #723 |
| 2013 | 377 | #727 |
| 2012 | 379 | #730 |
| 2011 | 414 | #679 |
| 2010 | 421 | #681 |
| 2009 | 405 | #711 |
| 2008 | 453 | #674 |
| 2007 | 473 | #630 |
| 2006 | 439 | #659 |
| 2005 | 412 | #674 |
| 2004 | 419 | #651 |
| 2003 | 417 | #638 |
| 2002 | 433 | #597 |
| 2001 | 460 | #562 |
| 2000 | 485 | #535 |
| 1999 | 507 | #509 |
| 1998 | 510 | #500 |
| 1997 | 446 | #534 |
| 1996 | 450 | #526 |
| 1995 | 388 | #587 |
| 1994 | 355 | #623 |
| 1993 | 328 | #668 |
| 1992 | 323 | #679 |
| 1991 | 323 | #669 |
| 1990 | 338 | #656 |
| 1989 | 279 | #709 |
| 1988 | 253 | #740 |
| 1987 | 249 | #725 |
| 1986 | 212 | #792 |
| 1985 | 208 | #798 |
| 1984 | 210 | #766 |
| 1983 | 170 | #890 |
| 1982 | 184 | #846 |
| 1981 | 143 | #1,015 |
| 1980 | 131 | #1,077 |
| 1979 | 130 | #1,061 |
| 1978 | 123 | #1,072 |
| 1977 | 115 | #1,110 |
| 1976 | 116 | #1,055 |
| 1975 | 110 | #1,066 |
| 1974 | 104 | #1,115 |
| 1973 | 110 | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 77 | #1,313 |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,405 |
| 1970 | 116 | #1,052 |
| 1969 | 115 | #1,007 |
| 1968 | 132 | #898 |
| 1967 | 149 | #815 |
| 1966 | 167 | #759 |
| 1965 | 180 | #745 |
| 1964 | 243 | #656 |
| 1963 | 286 | #586 |
| 1962 | 318 | #549 |
| 1961 | 334 | #538 |
| 1960 | 321 | #538 |
| 1959 | 313 | #548 |
| 1958 | 333 | #528 |
| 1957 | 293 | #560 |
| 1956 | 271 | #570 |
| 1955 | 318 | #517 |
| 1954 | 261 | #548 |
| 1953 | 323 | #478 |
| 1952 | 248 | #545 |
| 1951 | 255 | #517 |
| 1950 | 265 | #495 |
| 1949 | 245 | #524 |
| 1948 | 223 | #554 |
| 1947 | 267 | #505 |
| 1946 | 241 | #503 |
| 1945 | 217 | #493 |
| 1944 | 225 | #474 |
| 1943 | 212 | #512 |
| 1942 | 163 | #579 |
| 1941 | 162 | #550 |
| 1940 | 173 | #522 |
| 1939 | 156 | #532 |
| 1938 | 143 | #573 |
| 1937 | 168 | #507 |
| 1936 | 167 | #500 |
| 1935 | 167 | #487 |
| 1934 | 188 | #472 |
| 1933 | 199 | #466 |
| 1932 | 226 | #438 |
| 1931 | 234 | #423 |
| 1930 | 231 | #444 |
| 1929 | 208 | #459 |
| 1928 | 231 | #450 |
| 1927 | 241 | #443 |
| 1926 | 241 | #440 |
| 1925 | 254 | #432 |
| 1924 | 217 | #471 |
| 1923 | 240 | #436 |
| 1922 | 229 | #453 |
| 1921 | 241 | #445 |
| 1920 | 237 | #435 |
| 1919 | 233 | #429 |
| 1918 | 255 | #410 |
| 1917 | 189 | #474 |
| 1916 | 215 | #427 |
| 1915 | 171 | #471 |
| 1914 | 169 | #407 |
| 1913 | 113 | #472 |
| 1912 | 132 | #402 |
| 1911 | 84 | #443 |
| 1910 | 94 | #406 |
| 1909 | 73 | #431 |
| 1908 | 70 | #430 |
| 1907 | 55 | #481 |
| 1906 | 59 | #444 |
| 1905 | 67 | #413 |
| 1904 | 59 | #421 |
| 1903 | 57 | #419 |
| 1902 | 57 | #408 |
| 1901 | 47 | #432 |
| 1900 | 63 | #423 |
| 1899 | 37 | #480 |
| 1898 | 59 | #401 |
| 1897 | 48 | #420 |
| 1896 | 53 | #387 |
| 1895 | 47 | #411 |
| 1894 | 56 | #372 |
| 1893 | 30 | #500 |
| 1892 | 56 | #351 |
| 1891 | 34 | #430 |
| 1890 | 35 | #429 |
| 1889 | 34 | #416 |
| 1888 | 43 | #366 |
| 1887 | 31 | #390 |
| 1886 | 26 | #424 |
| 1885 | 27 | #394 |
| 1884 | 38 | #320 |
| 1883 | 22 | #397 |
| 1882 | 21 | #389 |
| 1881 | 20 | #374 |
| 1880 | 15 | #435 |
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