first name
CLARE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,764 people named Clare, 88.4% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Clare peaked in 1999, when 512 babies got the name.
At least 34,510 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.
Clare by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #596. The largest share of babies named Clare, 20.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Clare is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Clare has been most common in Massachusetts (2.5×), Michigan (2.2×), and New Jersey (2×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.09×).
26,385 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 Clare
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Clare, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Clare ranks #7,759 of 156,621, with 4,107 people. See Clare as a last name
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