Claris

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,459
Given to girls 92.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1918 · 38 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
990
since 1899

Claris over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #1,214, 1918peak #2,843, 1928girlsboys
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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#14,9425
2024
2023
2022#12,2437
2021
2020#15,0885
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
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2010
2009
2008#15,4056
2007
2006#17,1685
2005
2004#14,1796
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1995#10,5147
1994#13,4305
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1954#4,6557
1953
1952#4,9086
1951#4,0118
1950#3,23511
1949#4,6736
1948#5,2435
1947#2,63715
1946#3,4309
1945#2,74211
1944#1,96719
1943#1,83422
1942#3,1949
1941#2,09616
1940#1,79220#3,4595
1939#1,79719
1938#1,65022
1937#1,91417
1936#2,38612
1935#1,38128
1934#1,69720
1933#1,22434
1932#1,44827
1931#1,94117
1930#1,34732#3,5926
1929#1,44728
1928#1,50228#2,8439
1927#1,38434
1926#1,48330#4,2015
1925#1,44332
1924#1,64327#3,8676
1923#1,67225#3,4677
1922#1,34235#3,8726
1921#1,47631#3,2148
1920#1,58427#3,2088
1919#1,32534#4,1685
1918#1,21438#3,3687
1917#1,60523#3,9815
1916#1,58123
1915#1,28530
1914#1,60317
1913#2,03410
1912#1,9819
1911#1,9567
1910#2,1406
1909#1,9576
1908#1,5478
1907#2,0615
1906#1,9515
1905#1,6966
1904#1,8775
1903
1902#1,4387
1901#1,6795
1900#1,7236
1899#1,5965
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Claris! It came in at #1,596, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Claris
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088#14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1918 at #1,214 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 29,645
  • Highest: 1 in 29,645 girls born in 1933 were named Claris (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,214 in 1918, was only 1 in 30,464 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 30.0% of all girls named Claris (297) were born in this decade
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  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,596 (1899)#1,596
1900s53#1,438 (1902)#1,770
1910s197#1,214 (1918)#1,672
1920s297#1,342 (1922)#1,498
1930s228#1,224 (1933)#1,679
1940s132#1,792 (1940)#2,961
1950s32#3,235 (1950)#4,202
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s12#10,514 (1995)#11,972
2000s17#14,179 (2004)#15,584
2010s0
2020s17#12,243 (2022)#14,091

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.

Claris in 1919

girls
#1,325
34 births · 1 in 33,239 girls
boys
#4,168
5 births · 1 in 196,024 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #1,325Claris34

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #4,168Claris5
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 33,239 of them was named Claris, which outranked 76.2% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claris
  1. #1,297Vonnie35
  2. #1,297Wanita35
  3. #1,297Williemae35
  4. #1,325Claris34
  5. #1,325Arbutus34
  6. #1,325Arlean34
  7. #1,325Cherry34
  8. #1,348Aggie33
  9. #1,348Alyne33
  10. #1,348Amber33

Tied with 22 names at #1,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 196,024 of them was named Claris, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Claris
  1. #3,736Zelma6
  2. #3,736Zigmunt6
  3. #3,736Zora6
  4. #4,168Claris5
  5. #4,168Aarne5
  6. #4,168Able5
  7. #4,168Alba5

Tied with 642 names at #4,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919