Claire

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Claire is a given name, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is the 48th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and French, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Latin clara, meaning 'clear, bright, famous'.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 135◐
  • NONorway1 in 246
  • GBUnited Kingdom1 in 311

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈407K ●

across 10 countries

#511 ●

of 16M given names

5 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
525 ●

4.6M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 135 ◐

Finland

Spellings & scripts●

CarrieLatin · English●2.2M records
קליירHebrew · Hebrew●3K records
แคล์รThai · Thai●1 records
ΚλαιρGreek · Greek●0 records
캐리Hangul · Korean●0 records

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Carrie in US United States, CA Canada, IT Italy and 5 more, Kari in NO Norway, FI Finland, DK Denmark and 1 more, קלייר in FR France, IL Israel and Clare in KE Kenya, ZA South Africa.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

From Latin clara, meaning 'clear, bright, famous'.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Claire is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GB United Kingdom#48664,028546K rec.—7Claire307
AU Australia#85248,551205K rec.—117Claire265
US United States#128163,2983.4M rec.1 in 2K163KCarrie525
FR France—160,095△500 rec.1 in 424160Kקלייר15
CA Canada#112108,14689K rec.—53Carrie210
PH Philippines#36959,41548K rec.——Claire141
FI Finland#75641,290△4.2K rec.1 in 13557KKari67
NO Norway#2322,263△9.9K rec.1 in 24672KKari98
IT Italy#39118,46219K rec.—1Carrie92
DE Germany#69118,45118K rec.—1Claire165
IE Ireland#7018,26915K rec.——Claire150
IN India—16,7756.7K rec.—2.8KCarrie66

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • English1.5M51%
  • French1.1M37%
  • Spanish70K2%
  • Portuguese31K1%
  • 30K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English1,523,53351%
French1,105,10837%
Spanish70,3182%
Portuguese30,5821%
29,8981%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Claire is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name1.3M records spelled Claire19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Clairé, Claîre, Cĺaire, C'Laire, Claīre

  • a separate given name38K records spelled Claire3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland

    Also written Clairé, Clairê

  • Polish given name13K records spelled Claire46 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United Kingdom, United States, Poland, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Clare, Клер, Kler, Clerc, Клёр

  • Indonesian given name9.6K records spelled Claire4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

    Also written Çlaire

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Claire is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, From Latin clarus, meaning “clear”/“bright”.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In English, A small enclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, feminine singular of clair

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, Du latin clarus «clair, illustre»; fêtée le 11 août (sainte Claire d’Assise).

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • In French, Du latin clarus, « claire, illustre »; fête le 11 août.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

02K4K6K1900195020005.2K · 2016

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Claire in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
188021
188123
188230
188338
188433
188549
188661
188758
188873
188962
189072
189184
189286
189392
189496
1895118
1896106
1897105
1898133
1899121
1900156
1901122
1902156
1903164
1904163
1905184
1906213
1907206
1908235
1909259
1910274
1911333
1912440
1913490
1914570
1915809
1916838
1917926
19181,072
1919953
19201,019
19211,210
19221,339
19231,392
19241,583
19251,503
19261,679
19271,836
19281,734
19291,699
19301,654
19311,627
19321,506
19331,372
19341,309
19351,124
19361,083
1937959
19381,074
1939931
1940950
1941953
19421,027
19431,001
19441,006
1945916
19461,115
19471,180
19481,023
19491,090
19501,038
19511,060
19521,078
19531,090
19541,031
1955993
1956985
19571,030
1958962
1959995
1960899
1961811
1962807
1963676
1964607
1965526
1966499
1967389
1968353
1969377
1970341
1971297
1972274
1973407
1974367
1975388
1976377
1977472
1978481
1979539
1980567
1981680
1982815
1983857
1984979
19851,187
19861,307
19871,335
19881,446
19891,671
19901,855
19911,819
19921,949
19931,898
19942,175
19952,474
19962,741
19973,039
19983,642
19993,734
20003,711
20013,642
20023,406
20033,571
20043,333
20053,293
20064,013
20074,614
20084,601
20094,825
20104,917
20114,900
20124,944
20134,661
20145,015
20154,837
20165,216
20174,702
20184,406
20194,130
20203,837
20213,704
20223,380
20233,200
20243,337
20253,487

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

19201940196019802000Leslie Caron, b. 1931Elinor Ostrom, b. 1933Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, b. 1947Amélie Nothomb, b. 1967Jessica Biel, b. 1982Claire Foy, b. 1984Claire Holt, b. 1988Bridgit Mendler, b. 1992Becky Hill, b. 1994Karoline Leavitt, b. 1997
  • Leslie Caronb. 1931FRnot in their usual nameFrench and American actress and dancer (born 1931)
  • Elinor Ostromb. 1933USnot in their usual nameAmerican political economist (1933-2012)
  • Françoise Barré-Sinoussib. 1947FRnot in their usual nameFrench virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV
  • Amélie Nothombb. 1967BEnot in their usual nameBelgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
  • Jessica Bielb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1982)
  • Claire Foyb. 1984GBBritish actress
  • Claire Holtb. 1988AUAustralian actress (born 1988)
  • Bridgit Mendlerb. 1992USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and singer
  • Becky Hillb. 1994GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer (born 1994)
  • Karoline Leavittb. 1997USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer and political aide (born 1997)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 103 sources across 54 countries.

Official registers attesting Claire
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020163K#340
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024160K#445
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20253.5K—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—2.8K#1,117
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.3K#20,996
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.2K#21,722
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20221.1K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.1K#7,561
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.1K#21,998
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—1K#9,165
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—939#1,768
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—722#1,854

Reference works 4

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,619 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Claire?
We estimate roughly 407 thousand people bear Claire (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Claire have the most bearers?
Claire is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled claire.
Where is Claire most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Claire is densest in Finland — about 1 in 135 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.
How common is Claire compared with other names?
In the United Kingdom, Claire is the 48th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.
Is Claire a male or female name?
Claire is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Claire mean?
Recorded meaning: From Latin clara, meaning 'clear, bright, famous'.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Claire” — the 48th most common given name in United Kingdom. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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