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Baby name
Claire
Girl
Origin of the name
Claire is the French form of Clara, from the Latin clara, “clear, bright.” Saint Clare of Assisi, a follower of Saint Francis, founded the order of the Poor Clares.
Classic name
211,919births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 40rank at its peak, in 2016
Where babies named Claire are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Claire is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Claire is most common in Rhode Island (3.3 times), New Hampshire (2.8) and Massachusetts (2.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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