Clair
#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to boys 73.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 191 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 12,041since 1880
Clair over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,661 | 29 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #3,346 | 48 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,969 | 57 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,465 | 45 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,006 | 56 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #3,624 | 43 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,802 | 64 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,212 | 48 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,819 | 53 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #3,046 | 46 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,782 | 49 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,756 | 48 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #2,314 | 57 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #2,503 | 50 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,938 | 40 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #2,239 | 59 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #2,058 | 66 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,464 | 49 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #2,371 | 49 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,891 | 65 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,003 | 54 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #1,975 | 55 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #1,916 | 22 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #1,614 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | #1,164 | 41 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | #976 | 57 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 | #1,044 | 52 |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | #899 | 69 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 | #953 | 63 |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 | #882 | 75 |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 | #923 | 67 |
| 1959 | #1,695 | 42 | #903 | 72 |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | #820 | 84 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | #842 | 80 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | #688 | 115 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | #732 | 99 |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 | #709 | 105 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | #636 | 126 |
| 1952 | #1,523 | 40 | #618 | 131 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 | #596 | 136 |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | #658 | 113 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 | #634 | 116 |
| 1948 | #1,520 | 37 | #548 | 148 |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 | #535 | 158 |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | #537 | 143 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | #520 | 132 |
| 1944 | #1,188 | 44 | #479 | 159 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | #480 | 165 |
| 1942 | #1,630 | 26 | #462 | 180 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 | #461 | 165 |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | #439 | 175 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | #391 | 208 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | #429 | 177 |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 | #392 | 198 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | #359 | 227 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | #366 | 217 |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 | #357 | 238 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 | #338 | 248 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 | #362 | 238 |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 | #344 | 254 |
| 1930 | #1,031 | 51 | #313 | 314 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 | #328 | 285 |
| 1928 | #1,085 | 48 | #332 | 286 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | #337 | 288 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 | #308 | 337 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 | #326 | 310 |
| 1924 | #1,872 | 22 | #320 | 327 |
| 1923 | #1,084 | 49 | #295 | 356 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 | #321 | 320 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 | #329 | 321 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 | #311 | 339 |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 | #292 | 339 |
| 1918 | #1,165 | 41 | #309 | 325 |
| 1917 | #1,281 | 32 | #297 | 314 |
| 1916 | #1,246 | 33 | #297 | 301 |
| 1915 | #1,405 | 26 | #290 | 297 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | #318 | 204 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #288 | 191 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | #317 | 136 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | #323 | 70 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | #461 | 35 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | #388 | 39 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | #301 | 53 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #301 | 50 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #323 | 40 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 | #306 | 43 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | #300 | 42 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #330 | 33 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | #317 | 37 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #407 | 21 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | #350 | 39 |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | #322 | 30 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #316 | 37 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #360 | 27 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | #329 | 33 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | #329 | 31 |
| 1894 | — | #308 | 32 | |
| 1893 | — | #359 | 25 | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #357 | 28 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #291 | 32 |
| 1890 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #405 | 20 |
| 1888 | — | #359 | 26 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #397 | 20 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | #526 | 12 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clair was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Clair is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#90 · 1 in 621
- Montana#144 · 1 in 772
- South Dakota#164 · 1 in 892
- Washington#167 · 1 in 1,092
- Minnesota#172 · 1 in 1,182
Best ever in a state: #70 in Utah, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #90 | 125 | 1 in 621 |
| Montana | #144 | 7 | 1 in 772 |
| South Dakota | #164 | 6 | 1 in 892 |
| Washington | #167 | 7 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Minnesota | #172 | 16 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Iowa | #180 | 15 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Kansas | #185 | 11 | 1 in 1,245 |
| Michigan | #191 | 21 | 1 in 1,398 |
| North Dakota | #201 | 5 | 1 in 1,321 |
| Ohio | #224 | 17 | 1 in 2,566 |
| Wisconsin | #246 | 9 | 1 in 2,312 |
| Nebraska | #251 | 5 | 1 in 2,162 |
| Illinois | #285 | 14 | 1 in 3,574 |
| New York | #351 | 14 | 1 in 6,073 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Clair
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 157 spots in 1888 (#516 → #359)
- Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1966 (#976 → #1,164)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #288 (191 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 44 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1963
- Highest: 1 in 2,684 boys born in 1913 were named Clair (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 26.3% of all boys named Clair (3,169) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1974, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 156 | #359 (1888) | #475 |
| 1890s | 295 | #291 (1891) | #338 |
| 1900s | 397 | #300 (1904) | #332 |
| 1910s | 2,212 | #288 (1913) | #319 |
| 1920s | 3,169 | #295 (1923) | #321 |
| 1930s | 2,319 | #313 (1930) | #365 |
| 1940s | 1,541 | #439 (1940) | #510 |
| 1950s | 1,061 | #596 (1951) | #720 |
| 1960s | 513 | #882 (1961) | #1,118 |
| 1970s | 199 | #1,658 (1970) | #2,282 |
| 1980s | 110 | #2,284 (1980) | #3,442 |
| 1990s | 42 | #5,535 (1996) | #7,070 |
| 2000s | 12 | #8,339 (2001) | #9,503 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,236 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,022 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Clair in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 33,790 of them was named Clair, which outranked 75.9% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,261Santos33
- #1,261Shizue33
- #1,261Susana33
- #1,281Clair32
- #1,281Ammie32
- #1,281Arlena32
- #1,281Clella32
- #1,307Allean31
- #1,307Ardelle31
- #1,307Arnetta31
Tied with 25 names at #1,281; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 2,947 of them was named Clair, which outranked 93.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.