Clarice

#3,100 for girls in 2025, 52 births · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #2,629
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1913 · 319 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
25,474
since 1880

Clarice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Clarice has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #258, 1913girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,10052
2024#2,77561
2023#5,24824
2022#4,37832
2021#3,43545
2020#4,00535
2019#3,71840
2018#3,29348
2017#3,19250
2016#3,58843
2015#3,65042
2014#3,18451
2013#4,00237
2012#4,04737
2011#3,99937
2010#4,18035
2009#3,94439
2008#3,47847
2007#2,89062
2006#3,31649
2005#2,50369
2004#2,44669
2003#2,26075
2002#1,93491
2001#1,595116
2000#2,23670
1999#1,97579
1998#2,33860
1997#1,84580
1996#1,94773
1995#1,95570
1994#2,07966
1993#1,75384
1992#1,76183
1991#1,67788
1990#1,95270
1989#1,99863
1988#1,57983
1987#1,58179
1986#1,50582
1985#1,76064
1984#1,38884
1983#1,62968
1982#1,262102
1981#1,38289
1980#1,57074
1979#1,47181
1978#1,42281
1977#1,22599
1976#917143
1975#1,22993
1974#1,57860
1973#1,34974
1972#1,28979
1971#1,32281
1970#1,33079
1969#1,29076
1968#1,15787
1967#1,13387
1966#1,022102
1965#1,013106
1964#969119
1963#1,065102
1962#890141
1961#922135
1960#789168
1959#789167
1958#669218
1957#665219
1956#665208
1955#580248
1954#557253
1953#524269
1952#510274
1951#570225
1950#532243
1949#512255
1948#517253
1947#511262
1946#496246
1945#507209
1944#441265
1943#450274
1942#370363
1941#376325
1940#373309
1939#358332
1938#340352
1937#322371
1936#304393#2,6298
1935#310398
1934#295439#3,2776
1933#290435#3,6425
1932#292460#3,7765
1931#276508#3,7635
1930#279536#3,5926
1929#273547#3,5596
1928#273568#3,3577
1927#274581#2,40812
1926#287536#3,7086
1925#272594#4,1975
1924#280554
1923#280530
1922#282533
1921#275600
1920#277553#2,9679
1919#274542
1918#272548
1917#278491#3,5456
1916#273484
1915#270470
1914#301300
1913#258319#2,8215
1912#284254
1911#278194#1,7405
1910#287182
1909#294149
1908#297141
1907#298138
1906#285136
1905#315114
1904#33098
1903#35182
1902#287120
1901#289107
1900#310113
1899#33879
1898#37469
1897#36266
1896#31684
1895#39351
1894#34963
1893#37053
1892#47932
1891#48328
1890#55822
1889#43930
1888#57219
1887#73310
1886#50819
1885#48419
1884#47918
1883#61510
1882#6788
1881#6238
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clarice was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Clarice is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #144 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 715 girlsMNIllinois: #350 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,878 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedWIMichigan: #174 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 940 girlsMINew York: #297 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,380 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedSDIowa: #196 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,234 girlsIAIndiana: #230 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,575 girlsINOhio: #209 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,678 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #220 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,320 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedCONebraska: #121 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 533 girlsNEMissouri: #300 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsMOKentucky: #203 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,096 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedARTennessee: #224 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #223 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,281 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #256 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,593 girlsOKLouisiana: #296 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,801 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedMSAlabama: #263 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,710 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedHITexas: #280 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,395 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Clarice, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nebraska#121 · 1 in 533
  2. Minnesota#144 · 1 in 715
  3. Michigan#174 · 1 in 940
  4. Iowa#196 · 1 in 1,234
  5. Kentucky#203 · 1 in 1,096

Best ever in a state: #83 in North Dakota, 1933.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#12171 in 533
Minnesota#14491 in 715
Michigan#174101 in 940
Iowa#19651 in 1,234
Kentucky#203101 in 1,096
Ohio#209101 in 1,678
California#22051 in 1,320
North Carolina#223101 in 1,281
Tennessee#22471 in 1,425
Indiana#23051 in 1,575
Oklahoma#25651 in 1,593
Alabama#26371 in 1,710
Texas#280141 in 1,395
Louisiana#29651 in 1,801
New York#297111 in 3,380
Missouri#30051 in 2,287
Illinois#35051 in 3,878
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Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Clarice
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 325 spots since 2024 (#2,775#3,100)
  • 905 spots since 2020 (#4,005#3,100)
  • 550 spots since 2015 (#3,650#3,100)
  • Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1976 (#1,229#917)
  • Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1977 (#917#1,225)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1913 at #258 (319 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,958
  • Highest: 1 in 1,958 girls born in 1913 were named Clarice (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,909 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.0% of all girls named Clarice (5,596) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s150#439 (1889)#571
1890s547#316 (1896)#402
1900s1,198#285 (1906)#306
1910s3,784#258 (1913)#278
1920s5,596#272 (1925)#277
1930s4,224#276 (1931)#307
1940s2,761#370 (1942)#455
1950s2,324#510 (1952)#606
1960s1,123#789 (1960)#1,025
1970s870#917 (1976)#1,313
1980s788#1,262 (1982)#1,565
1990s753#1,677 (1991)#1,928
2000s687#1,595 (2001)#2,660
2010s420#3,184 (2014)#3,685
2020s249#2,775 (2024)#3,824

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Clarice in 1911

girls
#278
194 births · 1 in 2,156 girls
boys
#1,740
5 births · 1 in 45,194 boys

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #278Clarice194

Top boys' names in 1911

  1. #1John13,446
  2. #2William10,593
  3. #3James9,952
  4. #4George6,586
  5. #5Robert6,526
  6. #6Joseph6,488
  7. #7Charles5,725
  8. #8Frank4,314
  9. #9Edward4,164
  10. #10Thomas3,292
  11. #1,740Clarice5
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 2,156 of them was named Clarice, which outranked 90.3% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clarice
  1. #273Lora199
  2. #276Gracie197
  3. #277Dollie196
  4. #278Clarice194
  5. #278Gwendolyn194
  6. #280Josie193
  7. #281Augusta192
  8. #281Peggy192

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 1,003Laurette#1,935#932
  2. 683Glenda#1,521#838
  3. 680Ana#1,421#741
  4. 623Vilma#1,521#898
  5. 523Emmaline#1,421#898
Fallers
  1. 1,194Alys#997#2,191
  2. 959Leana#997#1,956
  3. 686Coletta#859#1,545
  4. 686Blossom#970#1,656
  5. 659Otis#997#1,656

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 45,194 of them was named Clarice, which outranked 13.0% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clarice
  1. #1,537Wladyslaw6
  2. #1,537Ygnacio6
  3. #1,537Zollie6
  4. #1,740Clarice5
  5. #1,740Achille5
  6. #1,740Aden5
  7. #1,740Adolphe5

Tied with 259 names at #1,740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. 900Vincenzo#1,589#689
  2. 900Wyman#1,589#689
  3. 882Rodger#1,589#707
  4. 796Cedric#1,589#793
  5. 796Hughie#1,589#793
Fallers
  1. 881Bertha#859#1,740
  2. 881Arlo#859#1,740
  3. 831Shelton#556#1,387
  4. 812Guss#928#1,740
  5. 812Halley#928#1,740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1911