Clark
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · #377 for boys in 2025, 837 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 66 births
- Debut · boys
- 49 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 50,851since 1880
Clark over time
Rank among boys' names. Clark has never cracked the top 100 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 | #6,325 | 18 | #377 | 837 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | #437 | 726 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #439 | 709 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #427 | 729 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 | #396 | 794 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | #387 | 793 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #389 | 805 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #376 | 855 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | #381 | 861 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #378 | 867 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #372 | 868 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #383 | 814 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #456 | 617 |
| 2012 | — | #551 | 473 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #619 | 385 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #695 | 335 |
| 2009 | — | #708 | 336 | |
| 2008 | — | #695 | 341 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #631 | 385 |
| 2006 | — | #692 | 323 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #791 | 245 |
| 2004 | — | #727 | 262 | |
| 2003 | — | #791 | 220 | |
| 2002 | — | #809 | 211 | |
| 2001 | — | #818 | 201 | |
| 2000 | — | #760 | 218 | |
| 1999 | — | #724 | 226 | |
| 1998 | — | #735 | 222 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #666 | 245 |
| 1996 | — | #642 | 261 | |
| 1995 | — | #607 | 285 | |
| 1994 | — | #634 | 268 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #635 | 264 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #621 | 276 |
| 1991 | — | #583 | 303 | |
| 1990 | — | #536 | 342 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #519 | 341 |
| 1988 | — | #514 | 319 | |
| 1987 | — | #518 | 301 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #491 | 318 |
| 1985 | — | #517 | 284 | |
| 1984 | — | #480 | 302 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #465 | 323 |
| 1982 | — | #487 | 305 | |
| 1981 | — | #521 | 260 | |
| 1980 | — | #533 | 261 | |
| 1979 | — | #548 | 243 | |
| 1978 | — | #574 | 213 | |
| 1977 | — | #512 | 256 | |
| 1976 | — | #581 | 197 | |
| 1975 | — | #535 | 224 | |
| 1974 | — | #572 | 197 | |
| 1973 | — | #522 | 227 | |
| 1972 | — | #477 | 272 | |
| 1971 | — | #451 | 324 | |
| 1970 | — | #418 | 381 | |
| 1969 | — | #387 | 411 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #376 | 426 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #344 | 469 |
| 1966 | — | #324 | 528 | |
| 1965 | — | #300 | 624 | |
| 1964 | — | #304 | 668 | |
| 1963 | — | #287 | 729 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #271 | 798 |
| 1961 | — | #268 | 879 | |
| 1960 | — | #317 | 608 | |
| 1959 | — | #307 | 632 | |
| 1958 | — | #293 | 670 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #299 | 638 |
| 1956 | — | #276 | 709 | |
| 1955 | — | #255 | 724 | |
| 1954 | — | #262 | 717 | |
| 1953 | — | #273 | 646 | |
| 1952 | — | #274 | 637 | |
| 1951 | — | #268 | 634 | |
| 1950 | — | #262 | 624 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #273 | 595 |
| 1948 | — | #287 | 551 | |
| 1947 | — | #281 | 596 | |
| 1946 | — | #279 | 523 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #289 | 424 |
| 1944 | — | #283 | 437 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #270 | 503 |
| 1942 | — | #245 | 538 | |
| 1941 | — | #262 | 456 | |
| 1940 | — | #272 | 427 | |
| 1939 | — | #276 | 396 | |
| 1938 | — | #240 | 488 | |
| 1937 | — | #260 | 433 | |
| 1936 | — | #254 | 437 | |
| 1935 | — | #280 | 376 | |
| 1934 | — | #262 | 429 | |
| 1933 | — | #273 | 370 | |
| 1932 | — | #304 | 336 | |
| 1931 | — | #358 | 243 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #359 | 255 |
| 1929 | — | #367 | 243 | |
| 1928 | — | #379 | 240 | |
| 1927 | — | #334 | 293 | |
| 1926 | — | #359 | 264 | |
| 1925 | — | #358 | 272 | |
| 1924 | — | #351 | 283 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #321 | 328 |
| 1922 | — | #317 | 326 | |
| 1921 | — | #301 | 357 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #332 | 308 |
| 1919 | — | #301 | 327 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #308 | 327 |
| 1917 | — | #275 | 345 | |
| 1916 | — | #278 | 336 | |
| 1915 | — | #296 | 289 | |
| 1914 | — | #286 | 242 | |
| 1913 | — | #288 | 191 | |
| 1912 | — | #256 | 187 | |
| 1911 | — | #334 | 68 | |
| 1910 | — | #291 | 71 | |
| 1909 | — | #321 | 51 | |
| 1908 | — | #296 | 54 | |
| 1907 | — | #324 | 43 | |
| 1906 | — | #270 | 53 | |
| 1905 | — | #284 | 48 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #263 | 49 | |
| 1902 | — | #355 | 31 | |
| 1901 | — | #237 | 52 | |
| 1900 | — | #230 | 75 | |
| 1899 | — | #246 | 46 | |
| 1898 | — | #279 | 42 | |
| 1897 | — | #222 | 58 | |
| 1896 | — | #237 | 58 | |
| 1895 | — | #245 | 53 | |
| 1894 | — | #240 | 50 | |
| 1893 | — | #246 | 50 | |
| 1892 | — | #223 | 61 | |
| 1891 | — | #269 | 36 | |
| 1890 | — | #233 | 51 | |
| 1889 | — | #226 | 51 | |
| 1888 | — | #262 | 45 | |
| 1887 | — | #210 | 54 | |
| 1886 | — | #243 | 49 | |
| 1885 | — | #245 | 45 | |
| 1884 | — | #227 | 55 | |
| 1883 | — | #237 | 45 | |
| 1882 | — | #222 | 54 | |
| 1881 | — | #175 | 66 | |
| 1880 | — | #236 | 49 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #175 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 21 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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%)
- 13.5% of all boys named Clark (6,880) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 513 | #175 (1881) | #228 |
| 1890s | 505 | #222 (1897) | #244 |
| 1900s | 502 | #230 (1900) | #286 |
| 1910s | 2,383 | #256 (1912) | #291 |
| 1920s | 2,914 | #301 (1921) | #342 |
| 1930s | 3,763 | #240 (1938) | #287 |
| 1940s | 5,050 | #245 (1942) | #274 |
| 1950s | 6,631 | #255 (1955) | #277 |
| 1960s | 6,140 | #268 (1961) | #318 |
| 1970s | 2,534 | #418 (1970) | #519 |
| 1980s | 3,014 | #465 (1983) | #505 |
| 1990s | 2,692 | #536 (1990) | #638 |
| 2000s | 2,742 | #631 (2007) | #742 |
| 2010s | 6,880 | #372 (2015) | #460 |
| 2020s | 4,588 | #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 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 301,512 of them was named Clark, which outranked 25.4% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,588Zelene7
- #10,588Zowie7
- #10,588Zuly7
- #11,780Clark6
- #11,780Abbigael6
- #11,780Abbye6
- #11,780Abbygale6
- #13,442Aaminah5
- #13,442Aarica5
- #13,442Abagale5
Tied with 1,661 names at #11,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 7,429 of them was named Clark, which outranked 93.8% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).