Girls' name · since 1982
Klaire
Klaire has 1,814 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,814
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,814 babies have been named Klaire since 1982, making it today's #2978 girls' name.
Klaire has 1,814 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2978 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #5,026 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,978 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,814 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Klaire ranks #5,026 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,978 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,814 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,978 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,814
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Klaire's 1,814 recorded births place it above 93.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Klaire compares
1,814 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Klaire's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Klaire | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,814 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 103 | 21 | 19,840 |
Klaire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Klaire's full recorded timeline at 2006, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 103 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Klaire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 103
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Klaire by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (824 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Klaire's strongest decade.
824 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Klaire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 149
1990s
149 births
- 2000s
2000s
442 births
- 2010s
2010s
824 births
- 2020s
2020s
369 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 824 births (45% of all-time use).
How Klaire compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Klaire's total volume
Klaire by state
Where Klaire concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 180 | 9.9% |
| #2 | California | | 112 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 30 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 28 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 12 | 0.7% |
180 of 1,814 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Klaire appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Klaire's data
- Klaire's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (824 total births) through the 2020s (369) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Klaires (180 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Klaire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Klaire draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.