How popular is the baby name Claire in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Claire.
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American journalist/editor Garance Franke-Ruta was born in the summer of 1972 in southeastern France, then “raised by artistic parents in Mexico and New Mexico.”
Here’s how Garance (pronounced gah-RAHNSS) explained the origin of her unusual first name (links added by me):
The river Durance runs through the Vaucluse, and I was named Garance in honor of that sound and the main character in Marcel Carne’s Les Enfants du Paradis, one of the classics of French cinema. The character, played by Arletty, uses Garance as a stage name, though her real name in the movie is Claire Reine.
The French word garance refers to several things: the madder plant, the dye made from the root of the madder plant, and the deep purple-red color of that dye.
P.S. Garance was also the name of one of the days (Brumaire 23/November 13) of the French republican calendar, which was used during the French Revolution.
Which one-syllable baby names were the most popular in the U.S. in 2020?
I scanned the 2020 U.S. baby name data (both the girl names and the boy names) and found these:
Girl Names
Grace (ranked 28th overall)
Claire (57th)
Quinn (85th)
Jade (97th)
Rose (113th)
Faith (136th)
Reese (144th)
Maeve (173rd)
Sloane (181st)
June (182nd)
Boy Names
James (ranked 6th overall)
Jack (21st)
John (27th)
Luke (31st)
Brooks (91st)
Kai (93rd)
Jace (97th)
Beau (109th)
Chase (123rd)
Cole (131st)
Please note that I intentionally left out names that could go either way (1-syllable or 2-syllable) depending upon one’s regional accent. I don’t think this made a difference on the girls’ side, but on the boys’ side I omitted a number of gray-area names (Owen, Wyatt, Charles, Ryan, Miles, Ian, Gael, Rowan, and Myles) that ranked higher than Cole.
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