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How popular is the name Claire?
Births per year, rank history and how many Claires are alive today.
Claire (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 23 in 2025, ranked 1362nd. This spelling of the name peaked in 1974, when around 12,500 babies were given the name, the 2nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1974; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 210,000 babies have been named Claire in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Claire is one spelling of a name also recorded as Clare; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Claire you are most likely to meet is around 51 years old. Half of all Claires born in England and Wales are between 43 and 53, and there are at least 210,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 49% chance that at least one of them will be called Claire.
How many babies are named Claire each year?
Includes all spellings: Claire, Clare. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Claire spelling rank?
Where does the Clare spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Claire most popular?
Claire peaked in 1974, when around 12,500 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Claire?
At least 210,000 people named Claire in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Claire?
Most living Claires are between 43 and 53; the most common age is about 51.
Is Claire becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1974 peak.