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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |