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.

Claire

#192 most common girls' name of all time · #371 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#192
Rank overall
#371 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
214,123
Since 2016
39,409
Peak year
2016 #40
Best rank
#40 2016
Girls Boys peak 5,216/yr
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Claire 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 3,487 3,487 #68
2024 3,337 3,337 #67
2023 3,200 3,200 #68
2022 3,380 3,380 #66
2021 3,704 5 3,709 #59
2020 3,837 3,837 #58
2019 4,130 4,130 #55
2018 4,406 4,406 #50
2017 4,702 5 4,707 #49
2016 5,216 5,216 #40
2015 4,837 4,837 #49
2014 5,015 5,015 #44
2013 4,661 4,661 #50
2012 4,944 4,944 #45
2011 4,900 4,900 #50
2010 4,917 4,917 #53
2009 4,825 7 4,832 #53
2008 4,601 7 4,608 #62
2007 4,614 7 4,621 #66
2006 4,013 4,013 #86
2005 3,293 7 3,300 #95
2004 3,333 11 3,344 #99
2003 3,571 3,571 #92
2002 3,406 3,406 #95
2001 3,642 3,642 #82
2000 3,711 3,711 #86
1999 3,734 3,734 #86
1998 3,642 5 3,647 #91
1997 3,039 3,039 #108
1996 2,741 2,741 #115
1995 2,474 2,474 #129
1994 2,175 2,175 #149
1993 1,898 5 1,903 #165
1992 1,949 1,949 #158
1991 1,819 7 1,826 #162
1990 1,855 11 1,866 #158
1989 1,671 20 1,691 #171
1988 1,446 7 1,453 #190
1987 1,335 10 1,345 #202
1986 1,307 10 1,317 #198
1985 1,187 5 1,192 #220
1984 979 979 #254
1983 857 857 #275
1982 815 815 #299
1981 680 680 #343
1980 567 567 #401
1979 539 539 #401
1978 481 481 #421
1977 472 472 #430
1976 377 377 #486
1975 388 9 397 #475
1974 367 367 #483
1973 407 5 412 #451
1972 274 274 #585
1971 297 297 #587
1970 341 341 #547
1969 377 6 383 #501
1968 353 6 359 #515
1967 389 389 #480
1966 499 5 504 #420
1965 526 526 #403
1964 607 5 612 #394
1963 676 676 #372
1962 807 7 814 #328
1961 811 811 #331
1960 899 899 #315
1959 995 13 1,008 #284
1958 962 6 968 #288
1957 1,030 11 1,041 #271
1956 985 13 998 #277
1955 993 8 1,001 #273
1954 1,031 24 1,055 #258
1953 1,090 15 1,105 #244
1952 1,078 22 1,100 #241
1951 1,060 21 1,081 #240
1950 1,038 18 1,056 #234
1949 1,090 17 1,107 #226
1948 1,023 19 1,042 #233
1947 1,180 22 1,202 #216
1946 1,115 17 1,132 #212
1945 916 20 936 #211
1944 1,006 18 1,024 #202
1943 1,001 24 1,025 #207
1942 1,027 36 1,063 #199
1941 953 30 983 #196
1940 950 33 983 #194
1939 931 25 956 #189
1938 1,074 27 1,101 #184
1937 959 36 995 #191
1936 1,083 40 1,123 #176
1935 1,124 39 1,163 #171
1934 1,309 44 1,353 #155
1933 1,372 37 1,409 #144
1932 1,506 38 1,544 #140
1931 1,627 65 1,692 #139
1930 1,654 48 1,702 #136
1929 1,699 60 1,759 #134
1928 1,734 63 1,797 #136
1927 1,836 65 1,901 #136
1926 1,679 51 1,730 #144
1925 1,503 66 1,569 #159
1924 1,583 67 1,650 #160
1923 1,392 75 1,467 #167
1922 1,339 66 1,405 #167
1921 1,210 71 1,281 #182
1920 1,019 72 1,091 #194
1919 953 45 998 #197
1918 1,072 63 1,135 #186
1917 926 62 988 #200
1916 838 65 903 #209
1915 809 51 860 #204
1914 570 35 605 #219
1913 490 36 526 #212
1912 440 28 468 #212
1911 333 14 347 #213
1910 274 12 286 #233
1909 259 10 269 #219
1908 235 14 249 #224
1907 206 19 225 #230
1906 213 10 223 #214
1905 184 19 203 #233
1904 163 7 170 #245
1903 164 11 175 #233
1902 156 7 163 #244
1901 122 5 127 #266
1900 156 7 163 #262
1899 121 11 132 #260
1898 133 9 142 #260
1897 105 8 113 #275
1896 106 11 117 #285
1895 118 118 #259
1894 96 7 103 #283
1893 92 5 97 #277
1892 86 86 #293
1891 84 84 #270
1890 72 6 78 #293
1889 62 62 #310
1888 73 73 #271
1887 58 58 #282
1886 61 5 66 #268
1885 49 8 57 #289
1884 33 33 #345
1883 38 38 #290
1882 30 30 #324
1881 23 23 #341
1880 21 21 #354