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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Clare” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clare” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Clare” 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 “Clare” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Clare” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clare” 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 23 0.000114153 15 8 30%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 100%
1882 29 0.000130906 21 8 45%
1883 34 0.000156721 22 12 29%
1884 48 0.000197157 38 10 58%
1885 35 0.000145316 27 8 54%
1886 35 0.000137085 26 9 49%
1887 43 0.000173813 31 12 44%
1888 55 0.000183655 43 12 56%
1889 45 0.000155738 34 11 51%
1890 40 0.000132714 35 5 75%
1891 39 0.000136044 34 5 74%
1892 66 0.000197384 56 10 70%
1893 46 0.000141441 30 16 30%
1894 73 0.000215536 56 17 53%
1895 56 0.000159535 47 9 68%
1896 72 0.000201408 53 19 47%
1897 55 0.000158521 48 7 75%
1898 67 0.000175643 59 8 76%
1899 53 0.000156234 37 16 40%
1900 73 0.000162129 63 10 73%
1901 59 0.000170613 47 12 59%
1902 72 0.000186175 57 15 58%
1903 69 0.000181007 57 12 65%
1904 71 0.000175967 59 12 66%
1905 81 0.000191073 67 14 65%
1906 72 0.000168047 59 13 64%
1907 69 0.000148263 55 14 59%
1908 84 0.000171903 70 14 67%
1909 97 0.000189741 73 24 51%
1910 112 0.000189602 94 18 68%
1911 110 0.000170734 84 26 53%
1912 164 0.000165981 132 32 61%
1913 163 0.000143346 113 50 39%
1914 244 0.000172275 169 75 39%
1915 248 0.00013534 171 77 38%
1916 300 0.000155085 215 85 43%
1917 276 0.000137536 189 87 37%
1918 341 0.000157062 255 86 50%
1919 321 0.000152115 233 88 45%
1920 340 0.000150267 237 103 39%
1921 333 0.000142643 241 92 45%
1922 320 0.00013979 229 91 43%
1923 331 0.000143758 240 91 45%
1924 301 0.000126385 217 84 44%
1925 348 0.000149145 254 94 46%
1926 324 0.000141121 241 83 49%
1927 314 0.000135382 241 73 54%
1928 309 0.000136669 231 78 50%
1929 272 0.000124078 208 64 53%
1930 290 0.000130437 231 59 59%
1931 293 0.000139233 234 59 60%
1932 294 0.000139251 226 68 54%
1933 244 0.000122034 199 45 63%
1934 237 0.000114117 188 49 59%
1935 205 0.000098091 167 38 63%
1936 208 0.000100117 167 41 61%
1937 215 0.000100907 168 47 56%
1938 193 0.000087229 143 50 48%
1939 193 0.00008759 156 37 62%
1940 201 0.000087289 173 28 72%
1941 205 0.00008414 162 43 58%
1942 205 0.000075042 163 42 59%
1943 248 0.000087864 212 36 71%
1944 258 0.000095908 225 33 74%
1945 251 0.000094613 217 34 73%
1946 280 0.000087629 241 39 72%
1947 309 0.000085778 267 42 73%
1948 253 0.00007328 223 30 76%
1949 282 0.000080923 245 37 74%
1950 298 0.000085061 265 33 78%
1951 287 0.00007791 255 32 78%
1952 268 0.000070563 248 20 85%
1953 345 0.000089526 323 22 87%
1954 284 0.000071344 261 23 84%
1955 345 0.000085926 318 27 84%
1956 290 0.000070337 271 19 87%
1957 317 0.000075438 293 24 85%
1958 355 0.000085875 333 22 88%
1959 330 0.000079365 313 17 90%
1960 336 0.000080889 321 15 91%
1961 347 0.00008377 334 13 93%
1962 331 0.000082025 318 13 92%
1963 299 0.000075539 286 13 91%
1964 250 0.000064307 243 7 94%
1965 189 0.000052131 180 9 90%
1966 177 0.000050926 167 10 89%
1967 159 0.000046835 149 10 87%
1968 132 0.000039072 132 100%
1969 115 0.00003309 115 100%
1970 123 0.000034105 116 7 89%
1971 81 0.000023599 75 6 85%
1972 78 0.000024817 78 100%
1973 110 0.000036461 110 100%
1974 104 0.000034211 104 100%
1975 117 0.000038749 110 7 88%
1976 121 0.000039877 116 5 92%
1977 123 0.000038722 115 8 87%
1978 128 0.000040329 123 5 92%
1979 130 0.000039074 130 100%
1980 131 0.000038032 131 100%
1981 142 0.000041048 142 100%
1982 184 0.000052452 184 100%
1983 170 0.000049086 170 100%
1984 210 0.000060193 210 100%
1985 208 0.000058278 208 100%
1986 212 0.000059599 212 100%
1987 249 0.000069059 249 100%
1988 253 0.00006847 253 100%
1989 284 0.000073873 279 5 96%
1990 338 0.000085516 338 100%
1991 323 0.000082921 323 100%
1992 323 0.000084087 323 100%
1993 328 0.000086996 328 100%
1994 355 0.00009549 355 100%
1995 388 0.000105949 388 100%
1996 450 0.000123382 450 100%
1997 446 0.000123009 446 100%
1998 510 0.000138655 510 100%
1999 512 0.000138608 507 5 98%
2000 485 0.00012831 485 100%
2001 460 0.000122883 460 100%
2002 433 0.000115828 433 100%
2003 417 0.00010967 417 100%
2004 419 0.000109659 419 100%
2005 412 0.000107156 412 100%
2006 439 0.000110965 439 100%
2007 473 0.000118319 473 100%
2008 453 0.000115248 453 100%
2009 405 0.000106016 405 100%
2010 421 0.000113915 421 100%
2011 414 0.000113183 414 100%
2012 379 0.000103626 379 100%
2013 377 0.00010341 377 100%
2014 387 0.000104415 387 100%
2015 389 0.000105109 389 100%
2016 394 0.000107395 394 100%
2017 315 0.000088082 315 100%
2018 357 0.000101539 357 100%
2019 344 0.000099109 344 100%
2020 329 0.000098486 329 100%
2021 329 0.000097109 329 100%
2022 257 0.000075965 257 100%
2023 260 0.000078521 260 100%
2024 276 0.00008292 276 100%

Explore other names

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  3. Clarcie
  4. Clardie
  5. Clardy
  6. Clare (this page)
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  8. Clarece
  9. Claree
  10. Clareen
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