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Girl's name · #68 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
Claire's best rank, #40, came in 2016; it has settled back to #68 today. Roughly 212,000 girls have been named Claire since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#82 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #124 in Belgium (2025) · #180 in New Zealand (2025) · #247 in Switzerland (2025) · #330 in Netherlands (2025) · #361 in Ireland (2025) · #449 in France (2025) · #578 in Austria (2025) · #844 in Scotland (2025) · #885 in Sweden (2025) · #1,067 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,369 in England & Wales (2025) and 1 more.
Among 2,199 notable people named Claire:
Artists & writers appear 1.38× more often than among typical names — e.g. Claire Keegan, Irish writer of short stories.
A popular twin pairing with Claire is Chloe for a girl.
Similar names: Autumn · Clara · Blaire · Madelyn · Ariana · Aubrey
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