Claire
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Claire
Claire, luminous, simple, and strong, is one of those special names that is familiar yet distinctive, feminine but not frilly, combining historical depth with a modern edge. And though Claire is enjoying revived popularity, it will never be seen as trendy. Claire is also a great middle name choice.
Claire is the French form of Clara, a feminine derivation of the Latin masculine name Clarus. The French word for "clear," Claire's meaning, is clair, and was traditionally a male name. Now, the spelling is used mainly for girls, along with Clare, and occasionally Klaire or Klare.
Claire is usually seen as the French spelling of the name, while the equally appropriate Clare is English and Clair is French too. Clara, once seen as a stuffier version, has lately gained some fashion edge, primarily because it has more vintage charm and is somewhat more unusual. The Italian Chiara is another recommended choice.
Famous women named Claire include the medieval Saint Clare of Assisi (who was made the patron saint of television in 1958 because of her reputed power to see events at a distance), writer Clare Booth Luce, silent screen siren Clara Bow, and actresses Claire Bloom and Claire Danes.
There have been countless fictional Claires as well, including ideal mom Clair Huxtable, Molly Ringwald's character in The Breakfast Club, Clare Kendry in Nella Larsen's novel Passing, and characters in House of Cards, Lost, Six Feet Under, Modern Family, and the Outlander series.
Claire is also given to boys.
Pronounced KLAIR.
As of October 2026, Claire ranked #68 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #40 in 2016, Nameberry popularity #18.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #44 | 5,015 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #49 | 4,837 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #40 | 5,216 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #49 | 4,702 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #50 | 4,405 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #55 | 4,130 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #58 | 3,837 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #59 | 3,703 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #66 | 3,380 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #67 | 3,199 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #67 | 3,329 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #68 | 3,487 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Claire for girls
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Claire on lists
Famous Claires
- Claire Catherine DanesGirl
American actress
- Claire Rhiannon HoltGirl
Australian actress
- Claire FoyGirl
English actress
- Claire CookGirl
American novelist
- (Lauren) Claire SkinnerGirl
English actress
- Claire DenisGirl
French film director
- Claire TrevorGirl
American actress
- Claire GibaultGirl
French politician
- Claire LabineGirl
American soap opera writer and producer
- Claire Lee ChennaultGirl
male American military aviator
- Claire Conner McCaskillGirl
U.S. Senator from Missouri
- Claire ShipmanGirl
American TV journalist
- Claire McDowellGirl
American silent film actress
- Claire Elizabeth CoffeeGirl
American actress
- Claire Antonia ForlaniGirl
English actress
- Claire Victoria MarshallGirl
English broadcast journalist
- Claire MessudGirl
American novelist
- Claire TitelmanGirl
American actress
- Claire Margaret CorlettGirl
Canadian actress
- Claire Louise EvansGirl
Miss Wales 2005
- Claire RobinsonGirl
American celebrity chef
- Claire BuffieGirl
American photographer
- Claire Bloom (born Patricia Claire Blume)Girl
English actress
- Claire Julien (born Claire Alys Pfister)Girl
American actress
- Claire Elise BoucherGirl
birth name of Canadian musician Grimes
- Claire PettiboneGirl
American fashion designer
- Claire Alexandra WindsorGirl
Countess of Ulster (nee Booth), physician and wife of Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster
- Claire Margareta LademacherGirl
Princess of Luxembourg, German bioethics researcher
- Claire Louise CoombsGirl
Princess of Belgium, English land surveyor and wife of Prince Laurent
- (Hazel) Claire WeekesGirl
Australian physician and author
- Claire YiuGirl
Hong Kong actress
- Claire EtcherelliGirl
French novelist
- Claire HarrisGirl
Canadian poet
- Claire HodgkinsGirl
American violinist
- Claire HooperGirl
Australian comedienne
- Claire MartinGirl
Canadian novelist
- Claire MartinGirl
English jazz singer
- Claire Berenice RaynerGirl
English journalist and advice columnist
- Claire YarlettGirl
American actress
- Claire EnglerGirl
American actress
- Claire ZulkeyGirl
American novelist
- Claire Louise RutterGirl
English operatic soprano
- (Ronnie) Claire EdwardsGirl
American actress
- Claire PlattGirl
daughter of American actor Oliver Platt
- Claire Lauren RaffertyGirl
English football player
- Claire Anne RichardsGirl
English singer with pop group Steps
- Claire Erica MeilandGirl
Dutch reality star
Claire in pop culture
- Claire StandishGirl
character in movie "The Breakfast Club"
- Claire BennetGirl
character on TV's 'Heroes'
- Claire NovakGirl
character on TV's "Supernatural"
- Claire MontgomeryGirl
character in movie "Go"
- Claire FisherGirl
character on TV's 'Six Feet Under'
- Claire LittletonGirl
character on TV's 'Lost'
- Claire KincaidGirl
character on TV's "Law & Order"
- Claire DunphyGirl
character on TV's 'Modern Family'
- Claire RedfieldGirl
character in the 'Resident Evil' video game series
- Claire DanversGirl
character in "Morganville Vampires" by Rachel Caine
- Claire UnderwoodGirl
character on TV's "House of Cards"
- Claire SaundersGirl
character on TV's "Dollhouse"
- Claire RichardsGirl
character in Janet Fitch's "White Oleander"
- Claire KeatsGirl
character on TV's "NCIS: Red"
- Claire LyonsGirl
character in "The Clique" series
- Claire de ValecourtGirl
character in G. A. Henty's, St. Bartholomew's Eve
- Claire KyleGirl
character on TV's "My Wife and Kids"
- Claire JackmanGirl
character on TV's "Jekyll"
- Claire PikeGirl
character in "The Baby,Sitters Club" series
- Claire AbshireGirl
character in Audrey Niffenegger's "The Time Traveler's Wife"
- Claire Elizabeth FraserGirl
character in Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander' series
- Claire FosterGirl
character in "Does My Head Look Big in This?" by Randa Abdel,Fattah
- Claire ElleryGirl
main character in video game "Strange Cases: The Secrets of Grey Mist Lake"
- Claire Farron aka LightningGirl
main character in video game "Final Fantasy XIII"
- Claire SetilanGirl
character in video game "Magna Carta 2"
- Claire FoleyGirl
character in the Professor Layton video game series
- "Planet ClaireGirl
" song by the The B,52's
- Marie ClaireGirl
women's magazine
- Claire'sGirl
chain jewelry and accessory store
- Claire GreenGirl
character on TVs "Promised Land"
- Claire ConyersGirl
character in G. A. Henty's, Orange and Green
- Claire DearingGirl
character in film "Jurassic World"
- Claire DensmoreGirl
character from the "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" series
- ClaireGirl
character from the "Hidden"
- ClaireGirl
character in short story collection "Solegasm" by author Tina Tirrell
- ClaireGirl
character in Lois Lowry's book "Son"
- Clare EdwardsGirl
character from TV series "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
- Claire NuñezGirl
character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"
- Claire MillerGirl
character in TV series "Lizzie McGuire"
- Claire McLeodGirl
character in Australian Tv Series "McLeod's Daughters"
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- CearaGirl
- CearraGirl
- CheearaGirl
- CiaraGirl
- CiarraGirl
- ClairGirl
- ClaireenGirl
- ClairetaGirl
- ClaireyGirl
- ClairiceGirl
- ClairindaGirl
- ClairineGirl
- ClairissaGirl
- ClairitaGirl
- ClairyGirl
- ClarabelGirl
- ClarabelleGirl
- ClareGirl
- ClareneGirl
- ClarestaGirl
- ClareyGirl
- ClariGirl
- ClaribelGirl
- ClaribellaGirl
- ClaribelleGirl
- ClariceGirl
- ClarieGirl
- ClarindaGirl
- ClarineGirl
- ClarisseGirl
- ClarrieGirl
- ClarryGirl
- ClaryGirl
- ClaryceGirl
- ClayreGirl
- ClayretteGirl
- ClayriceGirl
- ClayrindaGirl
- ClayrissaGirl
- CliaraGirl
- ClorindaGirl
- KlaireGirl
- KlareGirl
- KlarettaGirl
- KlaryceGirl
- KlayreGirl
- KliaraGirl
- KlyaraGirl
- SinclairGirl
- SinclaireGirl