Clare
Clare is ranked 949th among girls in 2024 (276 births). Its best rank was 320th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- #949up 35 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2760.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1998510 births
- Best rank
- #320in 1884
- Since 1880
- 34,225people given the name
The story in the numbers
31,172 girls have been named Clare in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 510 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 723 → 949).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 2000s alone account for 14%. It has spent 131 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 3,053 boys have also been given it, 8.9% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Clare | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 277 | |
| 1890s | 455 | |
| 1900s | 607 | |
| 1910s | 1,655 | |
| 1920s | 2,339 | |
| 1930s | 1,879 | |
| 1940s | 2,128 | |
| 1950s | 2,880 | |
| 1960s | 2,245 | |
| 1970s | 1,077 | |
| 1980s | 2,038 | |
| 1990s | 3,968 | |
| 2000s | 4,396 | |
| 2010s | 3,777 | |
| 2020s | 1,451 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Clare was the 500th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Clare
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Antoniapeak 1996
- Adelapeak 2015
- Ceciliapeak 2024
- Sabinapeak 2005
- Coralpeak 2004
- Carolinepeak 2000
- Ninapeak 1980
- Katherynpeak 1990
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.