Claire: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KLAIR · 1 syllable

Claire means “bright, clear”, from French.

Borrowed from French Claire, also a spelling variant of the English Clare.

How popular is Claire?

Claire was the #68 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,487 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 30% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Claire in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Claire are older than 32; most are between 19 and 81. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Claire have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Claire means “bright, clear”. It comes from French.

Claire is pronounced KLAIR.

Claire was the #68 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,487 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 30% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Claire are older than 32. Most are between 19 and 81.