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Maryclaire

Feminine

1922high 2008
#7133 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare15 girls in 2025

Maryclaire is another closed-up Catholic double name, and its second element repays attention. Claire comes from Latin clarus — bright, clear, famous — and from Saint Clare of Assisi, who founded the Poor Clares in 1212. Pairing her with Mary is a devotional statement, not a euphonic one.

How old is the name Maryclaire?

Maryclaire first appears in US birth records in 1922 — 103 years ago. The typical Maryclaire alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 600 people named Maryclaire are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Maryclaire most popular?

Maryclaire peaked in 1961, reaching #4239 nationally. Today it ranks #7133, 2,894 places below that high. See the whole 1961 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Maryclaire

The Mary compounds of mid-century America were not random pairings: the second element was very often a saint's name chosen for the family or the parish, and Claire, Frances, Margaret, Catherine and Theresa recur for that reason. Mary Claire is a standard Irish-American and Catholic pairing, spoken as one unit, and the closed spelling appears in the records whenever the paperwork drops the space. Its 1961 peak is late in the era — the whole family of Mary compounds collapsed within a decade of it — which makes Maryclaire one of the last of them.

Meaning

Mary plus Claire: a disputed Hebrew name plus Latin "bright, clear"

Clarus means bright, clear or distinguished, and gives clear, clarity and declare. Saint Clare of Assisi, a follower of Francis, carried the Italian Chiara. Mary is Greek Maria from Hebrew Miryam, whose own meaning is genuinely unresolved. The compound means the sum of its halves and nothing more.

How the name formed

  1. clarus
  2. Chiara
  3. Claire
  4. Mary Claire
  5. Maryclaire

Related forms: Maria Chiara · Marie-Claire · María Clara

Pronouncing Maryclaire

MAIR-ee-KLAIR

Three syllables with two stresses, one on each half. The compound does not merge. French Marie-Claire puts the stress on the final syllable of each element instead, which is a different rhythm.

Nicknames for Maryclaire

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Mary ClaireThe open spelling, which is how the name is said aloud even when the paperwork closes it
ClaireThe second element, and a complete name with its own long history
MCThe initials, which double names of this kind attract readily
CricketThe kind of unrelated family nickname that a long double name often produces
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1922–202524120241519222025

US babies named Maryclaire per year from 1922 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#42391920s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1922
Most girls named
200824 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#4239reached in 1961
Change vs 2024
−11.8%15 in 2025, from 17
Maryclaire sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2008, with 24 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Maryclaire in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Maria Chiara in Italian — related form
  • Marie-Claire in French — same name
  • María Clara in Spanish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Louisiana.

Maryclaires among us

600

people named Maryclaire are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 107,151 born in 2025 was named Maryclaire

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

The Evonna test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maryclaire's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Evonna climbed just as high around 1939, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Evonna's path sketches the road Maryclaire is walking now.

40%chance Maryclaire will feel dated by 2040
Maryclaire, aligned on its peakEvonna· peak 1939not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsEvonna · #11504Maryclaire today
Maryclaire today is about where Evonna stood in 2003 — 64 years past a #4250-sized peak. By 2018, Evonna had settled around #10947.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Maryclaire sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Maryclaire beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Maryclaire in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Maryclairethis name15#7133Pennie15#7133Zina15#7133Elzie15#7133Rosabel15#7133

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Both halves are historic, settled and immediately recognizable.
  • Claire is available as a complete everyday name.
  • The devotional pairing is a genuine tradition rather than an invented one.
What to consider
  • Forms will split it in the wrong place or reject the closed spelling.
  • Mary Claire with a space is far more common.
  • The double name reads as mid-century American Catholic.

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Frequently asked

How many Maryclaires are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Maryclaire are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Maryclaire in 2025?
Maryclaire ranks #7133 among US girl names in 2025, with 15 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Maryclaire?
About 1 in every 107,151 US girls born in 2025 was named Maryclaire — 15 in all.
Will my child share the name Maryclaire with classmates?
Maryclaire will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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