Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Clare

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Clare
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1998

Peak rank proxy

510

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 19982024

Peak year

1998

Decline from peak

45.9%

2024

276

All-time

31,172

Clare has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1998, when 510 girls were named Clare.

In 2024, only 276 girls were given the name.

Down 45.9% from its peak.

All told, about 31,172 Americans have been named Clare and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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