Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Clair**

#909 most common boys' name of all time · #2,091 across all names · 74% male / 26% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#909
Rank overall
#2,091 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
16,351
Since 2016
305
Peak year
1923 #295
Best rank
#288 1913
Girls Boys peak 405/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Clair is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 29 29
2024 30 30
2023 28 28
2022 18 18
2021 26 26
2020 31 5 36 #12,039
2019 40 40
2018 33 33
2017 29 29
2016 31 5 36 #12,203
2015 48 48
2014 57 57
2013 45 45
2012 56 56
2011 51 5 56 #12,300
2010 43 43
2009 56 56
2008 64 64
2007 62 62
2006 47 47
2005 48 48
2004 41 41
2003 49 49
2002 53 5 58 #10,681
2001 46 7 53 #8,349
2000 50 50
1999 49 49
1998 48 48
1997 56 6 62 #8,120
1996 57 10 67 #5,540
1995 62 7 69 #6,996
1994 50 50
1993 40 5 45 #8,719
1992 59 7 66 #6,682
1991 66 66
1990 49 7 56 #6,430
1989 49 49
1988 65 11 76 #4,168
1987 42 42
1986 54 18 72 #2,781
1985 55 11 66 #3,811
1984 41 10 51 #3,936
1983 32 18 50 #2,578
1982 41 8 49 #4,601
1981 31 12 43 #3,418
1980 22 22 44 #2,285
1979 24 14 38 #3,024
1978 28 16 44 #2,674
1977 22 13 35 #3,042
1976 27 19 46 #2,330
1975 28 14 42 #2,755
1974 20 24 44 #1,887
1973 16 23 39 #1,872
1972 12 27 39 #1,681
1971 11 22 33 #1,918
1970 18 27 45 #1,660
1969 18 31 49 #1,441
1968 14 24 38 #1,615
1967 28 34 62 #1,288
1966 22 41 63 #1,164
1965 15 57 72 #977
1964 26 52 78 #1,045
1963 30 69 99 #899
1962 34 63 97 #955
1961 43 75 118 #882
1960 33 67 100 #923
1959 42 72 114 #903
1958 40 84 124 #820
1957 23 80 103 #842
1956 30 115 145 #688
1955 35 99 134 #733
1954 41 105 146 #709
1953 42 126 168 #636
1952 40 131 171 #618
1951 39 136 175 #596
1950 44 113 157 #658
1949 33 116 149 #634
1948 37 148 185 #548
1947 37 158 195 #535
1946 35 143 178 #537
1945 29 132 161 #521
1944 44 159 203 #479
1943 21 165 186 #480
1942 26 180 206 #462
1941 29 165 194 #461
1940 30 175 205 #439
1939 23 208 231 #391
1938 24 177 201 #429
1937 31 198 229 #392
1936 19 227 246 #359
1935 22 217 239 #366
1934 30 238 268 #357
1933 27 248 275 #338
1932 32 238 270 #362
1931 31 254 285 #344
1930 51 314 365 #313
1929 34 285 319 #328
1928 48 286 334 #332
1927 38 288 326 #337
1926 35 337 372 #308
1925 34 310 344 #326
1924 22 327 349 #320
1923 49 356 405 #295
1922 34 320 354 #321
1921 36 321 357 #329
1920 40 339 379 #311
1919 29 339 368 #292
1918 41 325 366 #309
1917 32 314 346 #297
1916 33 301 334 #297
1915 26 297 323 #290
1914 33 204 237 #318
1913 12 191 203 #288
1912 17 136 153 #317
1911 15 70 85 #323
1910 8 35 43 #464
1909 9 39 48 #388
1908 8 53 61 #301
1907 11 50 61 #301
1906 7 40 47 #323
1905 13 43 56 #306
1904 9 42 51 #300
1903 9 33 42 #330
1902 8 37 45 #317
1901 7 21 28 #409
1900 11 39 50 #350
1899 15 30 45 #322
1898 7 37 44 #316
1897 6 27 33 #360
1896 10 33 43 #329
1895 7 31 38 #329
1894 32 32 #308
1893 25 25 #359
1892 5 28 33 #357
1891 7 32 39 #291
1890 20 20 #406
1889 5 20 25 #405
1888 26 26 #360
1887 12 12 #520
1886 20 20 #397
1885 14 14 #500
1884 13 13 #521
1883 15 15 #461
1882 15 15 #470
1881 9 9 #605
1880 5 12 17 #529