# Clair (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clair/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,351 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,041 / 4,310 (26% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 35, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A less common spelling of Claire.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 3,234 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3,016 |
| 2013 | 45 | 3,483 |
| 2014 | 57 | 2,976 |
| 2015 | 48 | 3,360 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,554 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,721 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,256 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,734 |
| 2020 | 31 | 4,375 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,991 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,512 |
| 2023 | 28 | 4,781 |
| 2024 | 30 | 4,584 |
| 2025 | 29 | 4,680 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 10 | 3,973 |
| 1985 | 11 | 3,840 |
| 1986 | 18 | 2,797 |
| 1988 | 11 | 4,212 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,530 |
| 1992 | 7 | 6,784 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,946 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,122 |
| 1996 | 10 | 5,602 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,313 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,468 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,964 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,633 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,563 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,405 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,914 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2,023 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |

## People named Clair

- Clair Cameron Patterson, American chemist and geochemist (1922–1995)
- Wesley Clair Mitchell, American statistician (1874–1948)
- Clair Burgener, American politician (1921-2006)
- June Wayne, American artist and educator (1918-2011)
- Clarus of Vienne, Catholic Saint

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.