Meaning and history
Clare is the medieval English form of Clara. In the English-speaking world, the French spelling Claire is now generally preferred, though Clare has remained fairly popular in the United Kingdom and Australia. It is also the name of an Irish county, probably derived from Irish clár meaning “plank” or “level surface.”
20062006: 439 births, rank #659
2007: 473 births, rank #630
2008: 453 births, rank #674
2009: 405 births, rank #711
2010: 421 births, rank #681
20112011: 414 births, rank #679
2012: 379 births, rank #730
2013: 377 births, rank #727
2014: 387 births, rank #723
2015: 389 births, rank #728
20162016: 394 births, rank #722
2017: 315 births, rank #867
2018: 357 births, rank #762
2019: 344 births, rank #803
2020: 329 births, rank #830
20212021: 329 births, rank #837
2022: 257 births, rank #1,012
2023: 260 births, rank #985
2024: 277 births, rank #948
20252025: 283 births, rank #924
Clare rose from #949 to #924 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1998, with 510 births.