Claire

Meaning and origin of Claire

Popularity of Claire in France since 1986

• Its record year, in INSEE figures going back to 1900, was 1984.
• Over recent years, Claire has been falling (−5.6% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Claire every 27 schools.

Claire in English-speaking countries

Claire ranks 48^th in Ontario (Canada), 55^th in British Columbia (Canada) and 68^th in United States, against 470^th in France.

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  55^th girls’ name137 babies in 3 years1 girl in 290−9.3% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  48^th girls’ name508 babies in 3 years1 girl in 304−10% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  68^th girls’ name10,024 babies in 3 years1 girl in 482−3.5% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  238^th girls’ name48 babies in 3 years1 girl in 875

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  393^rd girls’ name28 babies in 3 years1 girl in 2,316

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  414^th girls’ name7 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,216

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  687^th girls’ name10 babies in 3 years1 girl in 5,438

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  1,202^nd girls’ name82 babies in 3 years1 girl in 9,364−3.7% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Names similar to Claire

• Luce
• Prune
• Flore
• Laure
• Line
• Louve
• Colombe
• Perle
• Céline
• Sixtine
• Rosie
• Lucile

See also

• →French names of Latin origin