Fun Facts About the Name Annaclaire
- 453 babies named Annaclaire: U.S. records list 453 babies given the name Annaclaire from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Annaclaire Mean?
Annaclaire is a modern double name made by joining two older, independent names, Anna and Claire. It has no separate etymology of its own, so its meaning is the combined sense of its two parts: "grace" and "clear, bright."
Anna goes back to the Hebrew name Ḥannāh, formed from a root meaning "favor" or "grace" (Hebrew ḥen). The name passed into Greek as Hanna and Anna, and Latin and later European forms commonly dropped the initial breath sound, giving the familiar Anna. "Grace" is the customary translation rather than a word-for-word rendering.
Claire is the French feminine form of Clair, from the Latin adjective clarus, "clear, bright, famous." Latin clarus also produced Clara; the French spelling Claire is the form that entered English. Taken literally, Claire means "clear" or "bright."
Annaclaire Name History & Origins
Anna is an ancient name with biblical roots. In the Hebrew scriptures, Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel; in the Gospel of Luke, Anna is a prophetess who recognizes the infant Jesus in the temple. Christian tradition, drawing on the second-century Protoevangelium of James, also names Anna as the mother of Mary. Through these associations the name spread widely in Europe, and forms of it were in use in England by the medieval period, with Anne becoming especially common later.
Claire entered wide European use through Clare of Assisi (1194 - 1253), born Chiara, who founded the order known in English as the Poor Clares. Her fame helped carry the name through Italy and France, where Claire became an ordinary given name. In English, Claire is a later arrival than the related Clara, which had been used in England since the Middle Ages; the French-style spelling grew more common in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Annaclaire belongs to the modern practice of giving a child two names as a single unit, written together (Annaclaire) or hyphenated (Anna-Claire). Combining two established given names this way is a long-standing habit in parts of the English-speaking world, particularly the American South, and it does not depend on a saint, literary figure, or single event for its use. The joined form therefore has no documented history separate from the two names that make it up.
How Popular is the Name Annaclaire?
Annaclaire has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #4,254 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,508 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #13,578 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #10,378 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #9,724 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #8,067 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2020 | #8,449 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,195 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #6,272 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #10,018 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #5,145 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #10,970 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #6,741 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #5,661 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #7,491 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #4,254 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #6,930 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #6,835 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #9,539 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #6,840 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #5,931 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #7,540 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #5,388 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #5,435 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #10,324 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #10,173 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #6,233 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #6,861 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #8,645 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #8,384 | 10 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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