first name
CLAIR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,343 people named Clair, 87% reported their origin as White, 4.3% as Black and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 53.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Clair peaked in 1923, when 405 babies got the name.
At least 16,351 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Clair by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #634. The largest share of babies named Clair, 35.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Clair is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Clair has been most common in Pennsylvania (8.8×), Utah (6×), and Iowa (4.9×), and least common in Texas (0.11×).
9,439 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Clair
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Clair, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Clair ranks #7,342 of 156,621, with 4,375 people. See Clair as a last name
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