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
- Peak · girls
- 1913 · 319 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,474since 1880
Clarice over time
Rank among girls' names. Clarice has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,100 | 52 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,775 | 61 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,478 | 47 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,316 | 49 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,503 | 69 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,260 | 75 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 91 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,595 | 116 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,236 | 70 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,845 | 80 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,947 | 73 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,079 | 66 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,753 | 84 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,761 | 83 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,677 | 88 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,952 | 70 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,579 | 83 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,581 | 79 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,505 | 82 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,760 | 64 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,388 | 84 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,262 | 102 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,382 | 89 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,570 | 74 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,471 | 81 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,225 | 99 | — | |
| 1976 | #917 | 143 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,229 | 93 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,578 | 60 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,349 | 74 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,322 | 81 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,330 | 79 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,157 | 87 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,133 | 87 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,022 | 102 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,013 | 106 | — | |
| 1964 | #969 | 119 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,065 | 102 | — | |
| 1962 | #890 | 141 | — | |
| 1961 | #922 | 135 | — | |
| 1960 | #789 | 168 | — | |
| 1959 | #789 | 167 | — | |
| 1958 | #669 | 218 | — | |
| 1957 | #665 | 219 | — | |
| 1956 | #665 | 208 | — | |
| 1955 | #580 | 248 | — | |
| 1954 | #557 | 253 | — | |
| 1953 | #524 | 269 | — | |
| 1952 | #510 | 274 | — | |
| 1951 | #570 | 225 | — | |
| 1950 | #532 | 243 | — | |
| 1949 | #512 | 255 | — | |
| 1948 | #517 | 253 | — | |
| 1947 | #511 | 262 | — | |
| 1946 | #496 | 246 | — | |
| 1945 | #507 | 209 | — | |
| 1944 | #441 | 265 | — | |
| 1943 | #450 | 274 | — | |
| 1942 | #370 | 363 | — | |
| 1941 | #376 | 325 | — | |
| 1940 | #373 | 309 | — | |
| 1939 | #358 | 332 | — | |
| 1938 | #340 | 352 | — | |
| 1937 | #322 | 371 | — | |
| 1936 | #304 | 393 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #310 | 398 | — | |
| 1934 | #295 | 439 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #290 | 435 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #292 | 460 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #276 | 508 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #279 | 536 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #273 | 547 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #273 | 568 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #274 | 581 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #287 | 536 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #272 | 594 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #280 | 554 | — | |
| 1923 | #280 | 530 | — | |
| 1922 | #282 | 533 | — | |
| 1921 | #275 | 600 | — | |
| 1920 | #277 | 553 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #274 | 542 | — | |
| 1918 | #272 | 548 | — | |
| 1917 | #278 | 491 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #273 | 484 | — | |
| 1915 | #270 | 470 | — | |
| 1914 | #301 | 300 | — | |
| 1913 | #258 | 319 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #284 | 254 | — | |
| 1911 | #278 | 194 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #287 | 182 | — | |
| 1909 | #294 | 149 | — | |
| 1908 | #297 | 141 | — | |
| 1907 | #298 | 138 | — | |
| 1906 | #285 | 136 | — | |
| 1905 | #315 | 114 | — | |
| 1904 | #330 | 98 | — | |
| 1903 | #351 | 82 | — | |
| 1902 | #287 | 120 | — | |
| 1901 | #289 | 107 | — | |
| 1900 | #310 | 113 | — | |
| 1899 | #338 | 79 | — | |
| 1898 | #374 | 69 | — | |
| 1897 | #362 | 66 | — | |
| 1896 | #316 | 84 | — | |
| 1895 | #393 | 51 | — | |
| 1894 | #349 | 63 | — | |
| 1893 | #370 | 53 | — | |
| 1892 | #479 | 32 | — | |
| 1891 | #483 | 28 | — | |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 | — | |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | — | |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 | — | |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
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 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#108 · 1 in 537
- North Dakota#134 · 1 in 559
- South Dakota#143 · 1 in 638
- Montana#155 · 1 in 780
- Kansas#168 · 1 in 957
Best ever in a state: #83 in North Dakota, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #108 | 37 | 1 in 537 |
| North Dakota | #134 | 10 | 1 in 559 |
| South Dakota | #143 | 8 | 1 in 638 |
| Montana | #155 | 5 | 1 in 780 |
| Kansas | #168 | 13 | 1 in 957 |
| Wisconsin | #176 | 17 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Oregon | #187 | 5 | 1 in 1,082 |
| Nebraska | #197 | 7 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Virginia | #205 | 17 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Maryland | #210 | 7 | 1 in 1,588 |
| Iowa | #213 | 11 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Ohio | #240 | 21 | 1 in 2,233 |
| West Virginia | #271 | 9 | 1 in 2,040 |
| Arkansas | #279 | 11 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Michigan | #283 | 12 | 1 in 3,230 |
| Alabama | #285 | 14 | 1 in 2,025 |
| California | #287 | 18 | 1 in 2,045 |
| Mississippi | #296 | 11 | 1 in 1,935 |
| North Carolina | #304 | 14 | 1 in 2,545 |
| New Jersey | #306 | 6 | 1 in 3,918 |
| Louisiana | #307 | 11 | 1 in 1,861 |
| Georgia | #309 | 12 | 1 in 2,447 |
| Illinois | #329 | 15 | 1 in 3,369 |
| Missouri | #338 | 8 | 1 in 3,229 |
| Kentucky | #361 | 8 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Tennessee | #370 | 7 | 1 in 3,773 |
| Texas | #377 | 23 | 1 in 2,387 |
| South Carolina | #390 | 5 | 1 in 3,993 |
| Oklahoma | #397 | 6 | 1 in 3,329 |
| Pennsylvania | #470 | 9 | 1 in 7,894 |
| New York | #475 | 10 | 1 in 8,190 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #258 (319 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 48 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1962
- 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%)
- 22.0% of all girls named Clarice (5,596) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 150 | #439 (1889) | #571 |
| 1890s | 547 | #316 (1896) | #402 |
| 1900s | 1,198 | #285 (1906) | #306 |
| 1910s | 3,784 | #258 (1913) | #278 |
| 1920s | 5,596 | #272 (1925) | #277 |
| 1930s | 4,224 | #276 (1931) | #307 |
| 1940s | 2,761 | #370 (1942) | #455 |
| 1950s | 2,324 | #510 (1952) | #606 |
| 1960s | 1,123 | #789 (1960) | #1,025 |
| 1970s | 870 | #917 (1976) | #1,313 |
| 1980s | 788 | #1,262 (1982) | #1,565 |
| 1990s | 753 | #1,677 (1991) | #1,928 |
| 2000s | 687 | #1,595 (2001) | #2,660 |
| 2010s | 420 | #3,184 (2014) | #3,685 |
| 2020s | 249 | #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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 2,647 of them was named Clarice, which outranked 93.7% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 129,651 of them was named Clarice, which outranked 34.9% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,452Yvon9
- #2,452Zachary9
- #2,452Zollie9
- #2,629Clarice8
- #2,629Abbie8
- #2,629Addie8
- #2,629Ahmed8
- #2,854Abbott7
- #2,854Adalberto7
- #2,854Addis7
Tied with 224 names at #2,629; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.