Is Clare a boy or girl name?

Clare is primarily a girl name in U.S. records: about 91% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Clare?

The average Clare alive today is an estimated 38 years old. People named Clare were most often born around 1999.

When was the name Clare most popular?

Clare peaked in 1999 with 512 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Clare have?

In one report's words: spare, monastic, literate. Clare ranks #1386 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Clare — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe | Understand Your Name

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Origin & Meaning

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Derived from the Latin adjective clarus, meaning clear or bright. The spelling took root in medieval Britain following the canonization of Clare of Assisi. In the United States, it has served since 1880 as the quieter, unadorned alternative to the French Claire.

Also answers toClary

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025

SSA Data

1880 peak: 512 souls, A.D. 1999 2025

2025: 283 born, falling ↘

Estimated Age

38 yrs

Most Clares were born around 1999 — old enough to remember dial-up.

Peak Reign

1999

№509 that year

Generation

Gen Z, 30%

then Boomer 20% · Millennial 19%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈35K ever born · now falling

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Clare grew up with

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flip phones·MySpace Top 8·Club Penguin

Generation Distribution — Living Clares

SSA Data

Silent 5%Boomer 20%Gen X 8%Millennial 19%Gen Z 30%Gen Alpha 18%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Clare peaked in 1999.

Estimated average age: 38.

What people think

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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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First Impressions

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The name reads as direct, economical, and unbothered by ornament. Most listeners reflexively insert an extra vowel until they see it written down. It carries a collegiate, slightly Anglo-Irish texture without tipping into nostalgia. The average bearer is thirty-eight and likely tired of correcting standard mailing labels.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

The name peaked in 1999 with 512 births, never breaking into the national top five hundred.

Field Note 02

About ninety-one percent of recorded bearers in the United States are female, though the spelling historically maintained a masculine foothold in Britain and Ireland.

Field Note 03

Nearly a third of living holders belong to Generation Z, keeping the name younger than its nineteenth-century paperwork suggests.

Notable Clares

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Clare Boothe Luceplaywright, congresswoman, and diplomat, b. 1903

Clare Krameractress, b. 1974

Adjacent Names

Bridget · Maeve · Celia · Fiona · Gemma · Nell

Ephemera — If Clare were a…

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City

Burlington, Vermont

Color

Linen grey

Object

Fountain pen cartridge

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