Clair is an established variant of Clara that peaked in 1923 and has since faded.
Clair is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Clair was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1923 (356 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | #4,680 | — |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | #4,584 | — |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | #4,781 | — |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | #6,512 | — |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | #4,991 | — |
| 2020 | 36 | 36 | #4,375 | #12,405 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | #3,734 | — |
| 2018 | 33 | 33 | #4,256 | — |
| 2017 | 29 | 29 | #4,721 | — |
| 2016 | 36 | 36 | #4,554 | #12,563 |
| 2015 | 48 | 48 | #3,360 | — |
| 2014 | 57 | 57 | #2,976 | — |
| 2013 | 45 | 45 | #3,483 | — |
| 2012 | 56 | 56 | #3,016 | — |
| 2011 | 56 | 56 | #3,234 | #12,633 |
| 2010 | 43 | 43 | #3,636 | — |
| 2009 | 56 | 56 | #3,055 | — |
| 2008 | 64 | 64 | #2,809 | — |
| 2007 | 62 | 62 | #2,895 | — |
| 2006 | 47 | 47 | #3,420 | — |
| 2005 | 48 | 48 | #3,223 | — |
| 2004 | 41 | 41 | #3,577 | — |
| 2003 | 49 | 49 | #3,051 | — |
| 2002 | 58 | 58 | #2,827 | #10,964 |
| 2001 | 53 | 53 | #3,058 | #8,468 |
| 2000 | 50 | 50 | #2,869 | — |
| 1999 | 49 | 49 | #2,792 | — |
| 1998 | 48 | 48 | #2,767 | — |
| 1997 | 62 | — | #2,364 | #8,313 |
| 1996 | 67 | — | #2,321 | #5,602 |
| 1995 | 69 | — | #2,164 | #7,122 |
| 1994 | 50 | — | #2,508 | — |
| 1993 | 45 | — | #2,944 | #8,946 |
| 1992 | 66 | — | #2,247 | #6,784 |
| 1991 | 66 | — | #2,060 | — |
| 1990 | 56 | — | #2,466 | #6,530 |
| 1989 | 49 | — | #2,377 | — |
| 1988 | 76 | — | #1,895 | #4,212 |
| 1987 | 42 | — | #2,444 | — |
| 1986 | 72 | — | #2,006 | #2,797 |
| 1985 | 66 | — | #1,976 | #3,840 |
| 1984 | 51 | — | #2,346 | #3,973 |
| 1983 | 50 | — | #2,729 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 49 | — | #2,378 | #4,665 |
| 1981 | 43 | — | #2,861 | #3,452 |
| 1980 | 44 | — | #3,632 | #2,292 |
| 1979 | 38 | — | #3,356 | #3,036 |
| 1978 | 44 | — | #2,875 | #2,689 |
| 1977 | 35 | — | #3,395 | #3,069 |
| 1976 | 46 | — | #2,807 | #2,349 |
| 1975 | 42 | — | #2,693 | #2,778 |
| 1974 | 44 | — | #3,333 | #1,894 |
| 1973 | 39 | — | #3,809 | #1,883 |
| 1972 | 39 | — | #4,568 | #1,686 |
| 1971 | 33 | — | #4,861 | #1,928 |
| 1970 | 45 | — | #3,454 | #1,662 |
| 1969 | 49 | — | #3,223 | #1,446 |
| 1968 | 38 | — | #3,638 | #1,617 |
| 1967 | 62 | — | #2,281 | #1,292 |
| 1966 | 63 | — | #2,600 | #1,166 |
| 1965 | 72 | — | #3,285 | #976 |
| 1964 | 78 | — | #2,420 | #1,046 |
| 1963 | 99 | — | #2,176 | #900 |
| 1962 | 97 | — | #1,999 | #956 |
| 1961 | 118 | — | #1,748 | #882 |
| 1960 | 100 | — | #1,986 | #923 |
| 1959 | 114 | — | #1,698 | #904 |
| 1958 | 124 | — | #1,706 | #821 |
| 1957 | 103 | — | #2,358 | #842 |
| 1956 | 145 | — | #1,978 | #689 |
| 1955 | 134 | — | #1,776 | #732 |
| 1954 | 146 | — | #1,587 | #709 |
| 1953 | 168 | — | #1,509 | #636 |
| 1952 | 171 | — | #1,527 | #618 |
| 1951 | 175 | — | #1,508 | #596 |
| 1950 | 157 | — | #1,379 | #659 |
| 1949 | 149 | — | #1,636 | #634 |
| 1948 | 185 | — | #1,522 | #548 |
| 1947 | 195 | — | #1,548 | #536 |
| 1946 | 178 | — | #1,482 | #537 |
| 1945 | 161 | — | #1,519 | #521 |
| 1944 | 203 | — | #1,189 | #479 |
| 1943 | 186 | — | #1,909 | #480 |
| 1942 | 206 | — | #1,636 | #462 |
| 1941 | 194 | — | #1,448 | #461 |
| 1940 | 205 | — | #1,377 | #439 |
| 1939 | 231 | — | #1,595 | #391 |
| 1938 | 201 | — | #1,555 | #429 |
| 1937 | 229 | — | #1,306 | #392 |
| 1936 | 246 | — | #1,748 | #359 |
| 1935 | 239 | — | #1,615 | #366 |
| 1934 | 268 | — | #1,321 | #357 |
| 1933 | 275 | — | #1,406 | #338 |
| 1932 | 270 | — | #1,298 | #362 |
| 1931 | 285 | — | #1,316 | #344 |
| 1930 | 365 | — | #1,032 | #313 |
| 1929 | 319 | — | #1,289 | #328 |
| 1928 | 334 | — | #1,085 | #332 |
| 1927 | 326 | — | #1,281 | #337 |
| 1926 | 372 | — | #1,332 | #308 |
| 1925 | 344 | — | #1,383 | #326 |
| 1924 | 349 | — | #1,884 | #320 |
| 1923 | 405 | — | #1,089 | #295 |
| 1922 | 354 | — | #1,373 | #322 |
| 1921 | 357 | — | #1,307 | #330 |
| 1920 | 379 | — | #1,212 | #311 |
| 1919 | 368 | — | #1,454 | #292 |
| 1918 | 366 | — | #1,166 | #310 |
| 1917 | 346 | — | #1,283 | #297 |
| 1916 | 334 | — | #1,250 | #297 |
| 1915 | 323 | — | #1,410 | #291 |
| 1914 | 237 | — | #1,037 | #319 |
| 1913 | 203 | — | #1,793 | #288 |
| 1912 | 153 | — | #1,312 | #317 |
| 1911 | 85 | — | #1,179 | #323 |
| 1910 | 43 | — | #1,800 | #464 |
| 1909 | 48 | — | #1,495 | #388 |
| 1908 | 61 | — | #1,565 | #301 |
| 1907 | 61 | — | #1,217 | #301 |
| 1906 | 47 | — | #1,581 | #324 |
| 1905 | 56 | — | #1,067 | #306 |
| 1904 | 51 | — | #1,272 | #300 |
| 1903 | 42 | — | #1,225 | #331 |
| 1902 | 45 | — | #1,341 | #322 |
| 1901 | 28 | — | #1,366 | #408 |
| 1900 | 50 | — | #1,179 | #350 |
| 1899 | 45 | — | #845 | #324 |
| 1898 | 44 | — | #1,394 | #316 |
| 1897 | 33 | — | #1,411 | #361 |
| 1896 | 43 | — | #1,058 | #329 |
| 1895 | 38 | — | #1,326 | #331 |
| 1894 | 32 | — | — | #308 |
| 1893 | 25 | — | — | #360 |
| 1892 | 33 | — | #1,490 | #358 |
| 1891 | 39 | — | #1,115 | #292 |
| 1890 | 20 | — | — | #407 |
| 1889 | 25 | — | #1,319 | #406 |
| 1888 | 26 | — | — | #361 |
| 1887 | 12 | — | — | #522 |
| 1886 | 20 | — | — | #397 |
| 1885 | 14 | — | — | #503 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | — | #527 |
| 1883 | 15 | — | — | #462 |
| 1882 | 15 | — | — | #471 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | — | #607 |
| 1880 | 17 | — | #849 | #536 |