Claire

Meaning: Bright, clear, famous
Origin: Latin — French form of Clara

Girl's name · #68 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#54 in Canada (2025) · #82 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #124 in Belgium (2025) · #180 in New Zealand (2025) · #247 in Switzerland (2025) · #330 in Netherlands (2025) · #352 in Ireland (2025) · #449 in France (2025) · #578 in Austria (2025) · #748 in Poland (2025) · #780 in Scotland (2025) · #786 in Italy (2024) and 7 more.

Famous Claires

Claire Danes — American actor (born 1979)
Claire Holt — Australian actress (born 1988)
Claire Foy — British actress (born 1984)
Claire Trevor — American actress (1910–2000)
Claire Forlani — British actress (born 1971)
Claire Bloom — British actress (born 1931)
Claire Denis — French film director (born 1946)
Claire McCaskill — American politician (born 1953)
Claire Voisin — French mathematician (born 1962)

In stories & tradition

Claire Littleton — Fictional character of the TV series Lost
Claire Redfield — Resident Evil character
Claire Bennet — Fictional character in the NBC superhero drama series Heroes

What Claires become

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 (born 1968).

Twin names

A popular twin pairing with Claire is Chloe for a girl.

Similar names: Autumn · Clara · Blaire · Madelyn · Caroline · Ariana

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