Clark

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · #377 for boys in 2025, 837 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 66 births
Debut · boys
49 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
50,851
since 1880

Clark over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clark has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #175, 1881boys
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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#6,32518#377837
2024#5,96220#437726
2023#6,68017#439709
2022#6,98416#427729
2021#4,96426#396794
2020#5,31423#387793
2019#5,61222#389805
2018#5,78521#376855
2017#6,04420#381861
2016#7,23016#378867
2015#7,61315#372868
2014#13,0697#383814
2013#9,03612#456617
2012#551473
2011#13,3477#619385
2010#16,9925#695335
2009#708336
2008#695341
2007#13,9247#631385
2006#692323
2005#14,5026#791245
2004#727262
2003#791220
2002#809211
2001#818201
2000#760218
1999#724226
1998#735222
1997#13,7245#666245
1996#642261
1995#607285
1994#634268
1993#11,7806#635264
1992#9,4918#621276
1991#583303
1990#536342
1989#12,3625#519341
1988#514319
1987#518301
1986#10,9125#491318
1985#517284
1984#480302
1983#10,2755#465323
1982#487305
1981#521260
1980#533261
1979#548243
1978#574213
1977#512256
1976#581197
1975#535224
1974#572197
1973#522227
1972#477272
1971#451324
1970#418381
1969#387411
1968#7,0165#376426
1967#4,6259#344469
1966#324528
1965#300624
1964#304668
1963#287729
1962#6,5785#271798
1961#268879
1960#317608
1959#307632
1958#293670
1957#6,0865#299638
1956#276709
1955#255724
1954#262717
1953#273646
1952#274637
1951#268634
1950#262624
1949#5,2445#273595
1948#287551
1947#281596
1946#279523
1945#4,5565#289424
1944#283437
1943#4,1966#270503
1942#245538
1941#262456
1940#272427
1939#276396
1938#240488
1937#260433
1936#254437
1935#280376
1934#262429
1933#273370
1932#304336
1931#358243
1930#4,5505#359255
1929#367243
1928#379240
1927#334293
1926#359264
1925#358272
1924#351283
1923#4,9675#321328
1922#317326
1921#301357
1920#4,9755#332308
1919#301327
1918#3,8697#308327
1917#275345
1916#278336
1915#296289
1914#286242
1913#288191
1912#256187
1911#33468
1910#29171
1909#32151
1908#29654
1907#32443
1906#27053
1905#28448
1904#27746
1903#26349
1902#35531
1901#23752
1900#23075
1899#24646
1898#27942
1897#22258
1896#23758
1895#24553
1894#24050
1893#24650
1892#22361
1891#26936
1890#23351
1889#22651
1888#26245
1887#21054
1886#24349
1885#24545
1884#22755
1883#23745
1882#22254
1881#17566
1880#23649
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clark was already there! It came in at #236, and was given to 49 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 32 boys a year got the name.

See more about Clark
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 60 spots since 2024 (#437#377)
  • 10 spots since 2020 (#387#377)
  • 5 spots since 2015 (#372#377)
  • Biggest jump: 99 spots in 2006 (#791#692)
  • Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1902 (#237#355)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #175 (66 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,526
  • Highest: 1 in 1,526 boys born in 1881 were named Clark (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,041 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 13.5% of all boys named Clark (6,880) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s513#175 (1881)#228
1890s505#222 (1897)#244
1900s502#230 (1900)#286
1910s2,383#256 (1912)#291
1920s2,914#301 (1921)#342
1930s3,763#240 (1938)#287
1940s5,050#245 (1942)#274
1950s6,631#255 (1955)#277
1960s6,140#268 (1961)#318
1970s2,534#418 (1970)#519
1980s3,014#465 (1983)#505
1990s2,692#536 (1990)#638
2000s2,742#631 (2007)#742
2010s6,880#372 (2015)#460
2020s4,588#377 (2025)#411

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

Clark in 1967

girls
#4,625
9 births · 1 in 183,447 girls
boys
#344
469 births · 1 in 3,718 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #4,625Clark9

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #344Clark469
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 183,447 of them was named Clark, which outranked 41.1% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clark
  1. #4,300Yvett10
  2. #4,300Zabrina10
  3. #4,300Zenia10
  4. #4,625Clark9
  5. #4,625Abra9
  6. #4,625Adaline9
  7. #4,625Aggie9
  8. #4,982Abbigail8
  9. #4,982Acquanetta8
  10. #4,982Adana8

Tied with 356 names at #4,625; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 3,718 of them was named Clark, which outranked 92.4% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clark
  1. #341Garry485
  2. #342Brandon483
  3. #342Darrel483
  4. #344Clark469
  5. #345Corey466
  6. #345Julio466
  7. #347Erick460
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967