Clare is an established variant of Clara that peaked in 1999 and has grown less common since.
Clare is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #924 for girl births in the United States (and #1,763 across all names), given to 283 babies. Clare first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1998 (510 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 283 | 283 | #924 | — |
| 2024 | 277 | 277 | #949 | — |
| 2023 | 260 | 260 | #985 | — |
| 2022 | 257 | 257 | #1,012 | — |
| 2021 | 329 | 329 | #837 | — |
| 2020 | 329 | 329 | #831 | — |
| 2019 | 344 | 344 | #803 | — |
| 2018 | 357 | 357 | #763 | — |
| 2017 | 315 | 315 | #867 | — |
| 2016 | 394 | 394 | #722 | — |
| 2015 | 389 | 389 | #731 | — |
| 2014 | 387 | 387 | #723 | — |
| 2013 | 377 | 377 | #728 | — |
| 2012 | 379 | 379 | #731 | — |
| 2011 | 414 | 414 | #679 | — |
| 2010 | 421 | 421 | #681 | — |
| 2009 | 405 | 405 | #713 | — |
| 2008 | 453 | 453 | #674 | — |
| 2007 | 473 | 473 | #630 | — |
| 2006 | 439 | 439 | #659 | — |
| 2005 | 412 | 412 | #675 | — |
| 2004 | 419 | 419 | #652 | — |
| 2003 | 417 | 417 | #638 | — |
| 2002 | 433 | 433 | #597 | — |
| 2001 | 460 | 460 | #562 | — |
| 2000 | 485 | 485 | #535 | — |
| 1999 | 512 | 512 | #509 | #10,183 |
| 1998 | 510 | 510 | #500 | — |
| 1997 | 446 | — | #535 | — |
| 1996 | 450 | — | #526 | — |
| 1995 | 388 | — | #587 | — |
| 1994 | 355 | — | #623 | — |
| 1993 | 328 | — | #668 | — |
| 1992 | 323 | — | #679 | — |
| 1991 | 323 | — | #669 | — |
| 1990 | 338 | — | #657 | — |
| 1989 | 284 | — | #711 | #8,095 |
| 1988 | 253 | — | #740 | — |
| 1987 | 249 | — | #725 | — |
| 1986 | 212 | — | #793 | — |
| 1985 | 208 | — | #798 | — |
| 1984 | 210 | — | #768 | — |
| 1983 | 170 | — | #891 | — |
| 1982 | 184 | — | #846 | — |
| 1981 | 143 | — | #1,015 | — |
| 1980 | 131 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1979 | 130 | — | #1,064 | — |
| 1978 | 128 | — | #1,072 | #5,955 |
| 1977 | 123 | — | #1,111 | #4,230 |
| 1976 | 121 | — | #1,055 | #5,751 |
| 1975 | 117 | — | #1,069 | #4,396 |
| 1974 | 104 | — | #1,116 | — |
| 1973 | 110 | — | #1,055 | — |
| 1972 | 77 | — | #1,315 | — |
| 1971 | 81 | — | #1,406 | #4,478 |
| 1970 | 123 | — | #1,052 | #3,913 |
| 1969 | 115 | — | #1,010 | — |
| 1968 | 132 | — | #900 | — |
| 1967 | 159 | — | #815 | #2,633 |
| 1966 | 177 | — | #759 | #2,656 |
| 1965 | 189 | — | #745 | #2,821 |
| 1964 | 250 | — | #656 | #3,333 |
| 1963 | 299 | — | #587 | #2,322 |
| 1962 | 331 | — | #549 | #2,295 |
| 1961 | 347 | — | #538 | #2,337 |
| 1960 | 337 | — | #538 | #2,052 |
| 1959 | 330 | — | #548 | #1,985 |
| 1958 | 355 | — | #528 | #1,689 |
| 1957 | 317 | — | #561 | #1,640 |
| 1956 | 290 | — | #571 | #1,840 |
| 1955 | 345 | — | #518 | #1,491 |
| 1954 | 284 | — | #552 | #1,598 |
| 1953 | 345 | — | #479 | #1,640 |
| 1952 | 268 | — | #546 | #1,710 |
| 1951 | 287 | — | #519 | #1,303 |
| 1950 | 298 | — | #496 | #1,259 |
| 1949 | 282 | — | #526 | #1,165 |
| 1948 | 253 | — | #555 | #1,327 |
| 1947 | 309 | — | #505 | #1,119 |
| 1946 | 280 | — | #503 | #1,113 |
| 1945 | 251 | — | #493 | #1,127 |
| 1944 | 258 | — | #475 | #1,154 |
| 1943 | 248 | — | #512 | #1,143 |
| 1942 | 205 | — | #580 | #1,038 |
| 1941 | 205 | — | #550 | #973 |
| 1940 | 201 | — | #522 | #1,278 |
| 1939 | 193 | — | #532 | #1,056 |
| 1938 | 193 | — | #574 | #885 |
| 1937 | 215 | — | #507 | #908 |
| 1936 | 208 | — | #500 | #974 |
| 1935 | 205 | — | #488 | #1,043 |
| 1934 | 237 | — | #472 | #899 |
| 1933 | 244 | — | #466 | #938 |
| 1932 | 294 | — | #439 | #767 |
| 1931 | 293 | — | #423 | #818 |
| 1930 | 290 | — | #445 | #855 |
| 1929 | 272 | — | #459 | #808 |
| 1928 | 309 | — | #450 | #725 |
| 1927 | 314 | — | #444 | #768 |
| 1926 | 324 | — | #440 | #695 |
| 1925 | 348 | — | #433 | #659 |
| 1924 | 301 | — | #471 | #722 |
| 1923 | 331 | — | #436 | #672 |
| 1922 | 320 | — | #453 | #681 |
| 1921 | 333 | — | #445 | #675 |
| 1920 | 340 | — | #435 | #624 |
| 1919 | 321 | — | #430 | #659 |
| 1918 | 341 | — | #410 | #670 |
| 1917 | 276 | — | #474 | #637 |
| 1916 | 300 | — | #427 | #630 |
| 1915 | 248 | — | #472 | #663 |
| 1914 | 244 | — | #407 | #579 |
| 1913 | 163 | — | #472 | #630 |
| 1912 | 164 | — | #402 | #767 |
| 1911 | 110 | — | #443 | #598 |
| 1910 | 112 | — | #407 | #713 |
| 1909 | 97 | — | #431 | #533 |
| 1908 | 84 | — | #430 | #718 |
| 1907 | 69 | — | #482 | #708 |
| 1906 | 72 | — | #445 | #683 |
| 1905 | 81 | — | #415 | #639 |
| 1904 | 71 | — | #422 | #693 |
| 1903 | 69 | — | #421 | #661 |
| 1902 | 72 | — | #408 | #562 |
| 1901 | 59 | — | #432 | #608 |
| 1900 | 73 | — | #424 | #851 |
| 1899 | 53 | — | #482 | #486 |
| 1898 | 67 | — | #401 | #817 |
| 1897 | 55 | — | #420 | #861 |
| 1896 | 72 | — | #388 | #467 |
| 1895 | 56 | — | #412 | #748 |
| 1894 | 73 | — | #372 | #484 |
| 1893 | 46 | — | #504 | #464 |
| 1892 | 66 | — | #351 | #695 |
| 1891 | 39 | — | #432 | #996 |
| 1890 | 40 | — | #431 | #1,032 |
| 1889 | 45 | — | #416 | #593 |
| 1888 | 55 | — | #366 | #582 |
| 1887 | 43 | — | #390 | #523 |
| 1886 | 35 | — | #426 | #656 |
| 1885 | 35 | — | #396 | #712 |
| 1884 | 48 | — | #320 | #621 |
| 1883 | 34 | — | #398 | #532 |
| 1882 | 29 | — | #391 | #715 |
| 1881 | 20 | — | #375 | — |
| 1880 | 23 | — | #435 | #694 |