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How popular is “Clair” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clair” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Clair” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Clair” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Clair” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Clair” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Clair” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clair” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 17 0.000084374 5 12 -41%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 -100%
1882 15 0.00006771 15 -100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 -100%
1884 13 0.000053397 13 -100%
1885 14 0.000058127 14 -100%
1886 20 0.000078334 20 -100%
1887 12 0.000048506 12 -100%
1888 26 0.000086819 26 -100%
1889 25 0.000086521 5 20 -60%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 -100%
1891 39 0.000136044 7 32 -64%
1892 33 0.000098692 5 28 -70%
1893 25 0.00007687 25 -100%
1894 32 0.000094482 32 -100%
1895 38 0.000108256 7 31 -63%
1896 43 0.000120285 10 33 -53%
1897 33 0.000095113 6 27 -64%
1898 44 0.000115348 7 37 -68%
1899 45 0.000132652 15 30 -33%
1900 50 0.000111047 11 39 -56%
1901 28 0.000080969 7 21 -50%
1902 45 0.000116359 8 37 -64%
1903 42 0.000110178 9 33 -57%
1904 51 0.000126399 9 42 -65%
1905 56 0.0001321 13 43 -54%
1906 47 0.000109697 7 40 -70%
1907 61 0.000131073 11 50 -64%
1908 61 0.000124834 8 53 -74%
1909 48 0.000093892 9 39 -63%
1910 43 0.000072794 8 35 -63%
1911 85 0.000131931 15 70 -65%
1912 153 0.000154849 17 136 -78%
1913 203 0.000178523 12 191 -88%
1914 237 0.000167332 33 204 -72%
1915 323 0.000176269 26 297 -84%
1916 334 0.000172662 33 301 -80%
1917 346 0.000172418 32 314 -82%
1918 366 0.000168577 41 325 -78%
1919 368 0.000174387 29 339 -84%
1920 379 0.000167503 40 339 -79%
1921 357 0.000152923 36 321 -80%
1922 354 0.000154642 34 320 -81%
1923 405 0.000175897 49 356 -76%
1924 349 0.00014654 22 327 -87%
1925 344 0.000147431 34 310 -80%
1926 372 0.000162028 35 337 -81%
1927 326 0.000140556 38 288 -77%
1928 334 0.000147726 48 286 -71%
1929 319 0.000145519 34 285 -79%
1930 365 0.000164171 51 314 -72%
1931 285 0.000135431 31 254 -78%
1932 270 0.000127884 32 238 -76%
1933 275 0.000137538 27 248 -80%
1934 268 0.000129044 30 238 -78%
1935 239 0.00011436 22 217 -82%
1936 246 0.000118407 19 227 -85%
1937 229 0.000107478 31 198 -73%
1938 201 0.000090844 24 177 -76%
1939 231 0.000104836 23 208 -80%
1940 205 0.000089027 30 175 -71%
1941 194 0.000079625 29 165 -70%
1942 206 0.000075408 26 180 -75%
1943 186 0.000065898 21 165 -77%
1944 203 0.000075462 44 159 -57%
1945 161 0.000060688 29 132 -64%
1946 178 0.000055707 35 143 -61%
1947 195 0.000054132 37 158 -62%
1948 185 0.000053584 37 148 -60%
1949 149 0.000042757 33 116 -56%
1950 157 0.000044814 44 113 -44%
1951 175 0.000047506 39 136 -55%
1952 171 0.000045024 40 131 -53%
1953 168 0.000043595 42 126 -50%
1954 146 0.000036677 41 105 -44%
1955 134 0.000033374 35 99 -48%
1956 145 0.000035168 30 115 -59%
1957 103 0.000024511 23 80 -55%
1958 124 0.000029996 40 84 -35%
1959 114 0.000027417 42 72 -26%
1960 100 0.000024074 33 67 -34%
1961 118 0.000028487 43 75 -27%
1962 97 0.000024037 34 63 -30%
1963 99 0.000025011 30 69 -39%
1964 78 0.000020064 26 52 -33%
1965 72 0.00001986 15 57 -58%
1966 63 0.000018126 22 41 -30%
1967 62 0.000018263 28 34 -10%
1968 38 0.000011248 14 24 -26%
1969 49 0.000014099 18 31 -27%
1970 45 0.000012477 18 27 -20%
1971 33 0.000009614 11 22 -33%
1972 39 0.000012409 12 27 -38%
1973 39 0.000012927 16 23 -18%
1974 44 0.000014474 20 24 -9%
1975 42 0.00001391 28 14 33%
1976 46 0.00001516 27 19 17%
1977 35 0.000011018 22 13 26%
1978 44 0.000013863 28 16 27%
1979 38 0.000011422 24 14 26%
1980 44 0.000012774 22 22 0%
1981 43 0.00001243 31 12 44%
1982 49 0.000013968 41 8 67%
1983 50 0.000014437 32 18 28%
1984 51 0.000014618 41 10 61%
1985 66 0.000018492 55 11 67%
1986 72 0.000020241 54 18 50%
1987 42 0.000011649 42 100%
1988 76 0.000020568 65 11 71%
1989 49 0.000012746 49 100%
1990 56 0.000014168 49 7 75%
1991 66 0.000016944 66 100%
1992 66 0.000017182 59 7 79%
1993 45 0.000011935 40 5 78%
1994 50 0.000013449 50 100%
1995 69 0.000018841 62 7 80%
1996 67 0.00001837 57 10 70%
1997 62 0.0000171 56 6 81%
1998 48 0.00001305 48 100%
1999 49 0.000013265 49 100%
2000 50 0.000013228 50 100%
2001 53 0.000014158 46 7 74%
2002 58 0.000015515 53 5 83%
2003 49 0.000012887 49 100%
2004 41 0.00001073 41 100%
2005 48 0.000012484 48 100%
2006 47 0.00001188 47 100%
2007 62 0.000015509 62 100%
2008 64 0.000016282 64 100%
2009 56 0.000014659 56 100%
2010 43 0.000011635 43 100%
2011 56 0.00001531 51 5 82%
2012 56 0.000015312 56 100%
2013 45 0.000012343 45 100%
2014 57 0.000015379 57 100%
2015 48 0.00001297 48 100%
2016 36 0.000009813 31 5 72%
2017 29 0.000008109 29 100%
2018 33 0.000009386 33 100%
2019 40 0.000011524 40 100%
2020 36 0.000010777 31 5 72%
2021 26 0.000007674 26 100%
2022 18 0.000005321 18 100%
2023 28 0.000008456 28 100%
2024 30 0.000009013 30 100%

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