Clair Girl
How popular is Clair?
#4,660 girl name in 2025
29 baby girls were named Clair in the US in 2025, making it the 4660th most popular girl name.
5,724living people named Clair (est.)
62median age of people named Clair
16,351babies named Clair since 1880
1 in 114,322US babies born in 2025
Clair popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,660 for girls (▼ 102 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 29 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,346 in 2015, #4,356 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (66 girls) |
| Highest rank | #835 in 1899 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Clair counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Claire family of names ranked #78 for girls in 2025 (#86 the year before), with 3,861 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Clair by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #836 |
| 1890s | 57 | #835 |
| 1900s | 92 | #1,057 |
| 1910s | 246 | #1,034 |
| 1920s | 370 | #1,084 |
| 1930s | 290 | #1,031 |
| 1940s | 321 | #1,187 |
| 1950s | 376 | #1,374 |
| 1960s | 263 | #1,741 |
| 1970s | 206 | #2,680 |
| 1980s | 432 | #1,887 |
| 1990s | 536 | #2,052 |
| 2000s | 516 | #2,802 |
| 2010s | 433 | #2,967 |
| 2020s | 162 | #4,356 |
Girl names about as popular as Clair
Questions
- Is Clair a boy or girl name?
- Clair is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Clair were girls.
- How popular is the name Clair?
- 29 baby girls were named Clair in the US in 2025, making it the 4660th most popular girl name.
- When was Clair most popular?
- Clair peaked in 1991, when 66 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #835 in 1899.
- How many people are named Clair?
- 16,351 babies have been named Clair in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,724 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.