Clarke
#1,518 for girls in 2025, 140 births · #3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
Given to boys 69.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,910since 1880
Clarke over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #1,518 | 140 | #3,181 | 37 |
| 2024 | #1,852 | 108 | #3,335 | 35 |
| 2023 | #1,581 | 133 | #4,220 | 25 |
| 2022 | #1,540 | 139 | #3,151 | 38 |
| 2021 | #1,419 | 152 | #3,021 | 40 |
| 2020 | #1,503 | 142 | #2,728 | 45 |
| 2019 | #1,773 | 115 | #2,491 | 53 |
| 2018 | #2,084 | 92 | #2,893 | 41 |
| 2017 | #2,053 | 95 | #3,006 | 39 |
| 2016 | #2,426 | 76 | #2,207 | 61 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 49 | #3,149 | 36 |
| 2014 | #4,455 | 32 | #2,929 | 39 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #3,339 | 32 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #3,450 | 31 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #4,243 | 23 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #3,280 | 28 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #3,721 | 22 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #1,864 | 46 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | — | #2,086 | 35 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,953 | 37 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,989 | 32 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,468 | 22 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,837 | 33 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,071 | 27 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,651 | 35 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,850 | 30 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,086 | 25 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,747 | 27 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,823 | 24 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,416 | 35 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,326 | 36 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,282 | 35 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,181 | 40 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,373 | 31 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,405 | 30 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,044 | 52 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,037 | 53 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,078 | 52 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,178 | 44 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,090 | 50 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,130 | 46 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,171 | 42 | |
| 1955 | — | #971 | 60 | |
| 1954 | — | #952 | 60 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,245 | 36 | |
| 1952 | — | #981 | 53 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,017 | 48 | |
| 1950 | — | #989 | 49 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,008 | 48 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,091 | 42 | |
| 1947 | — | #889 | 61 | |
| 1946 | — | #944 | 50 | |
| 1945 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,055 | 39 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,088 | 39 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,054 | 41 | |
| 1941 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,107 | 35 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,219 | 29 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,043 | 38 | |
| 1937 | — | #957 | 43 | |
| 1936 | — | #924 | 44 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,123 | 34 | |
| 1934 | — | #970 | 43 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,013 | 40 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,361 | 26 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,368 | 28 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,436 | 27 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,174 | 37 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,246 | 33 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,380 | 29 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,158 | 38 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,178 | 37 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,351 | 28 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,192 | 34 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,322 | 27 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,505 | 22 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clarke was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 154 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,181)
- 453 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #3,181)
- 32 spots since 2015 (#3,149 → #3,181)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1954 (#1,245 → #952)
- Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1953 (#981 → #1,245)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1945–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,904
- Highest: 1 in 14,904 boys born in 1903 were named Clarke (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #809 in 1880, was only 1 in 18,415 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 12.6% of all boys named Clarke (491) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
- Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #809 (1880) | #865 |
| 1890s | 11 | #982 (1896) | #988 |
| 1900s | 26 | #846 (1903) | #1,070 |
| 1910s | 206 | #1,015 (1915) | #1,305 |
| 1920s | 315 | #1,158 (1922) | #1,305 |
| 1930s | 356 | #924 (1936) | #1,119 |
| 1940s | 439 | #889 (1947) | #1,020 |
| 1950s | 491 | #952 (1954) | #1,066 |
| 1960s | 417 | #1,037 (1963) | #1,208 |
| 1970s | 232 | #1,416 (1970) | #2,094 |
| 1980s | 288 | #1,651 (1983) | #2,030 |
| 1990s | 306 | #1,864 (1995) | #2,561 |
| 2000s | 212 | #3,280 (2003) | #4,265 |
| 2010s | 375 | #2,207 (2016) | #3,236 |
| 2020s | 220 | #2,728 (2020) | #3,273 |
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.
Clarke in 1950
boys
#989
49 births · 1 in 36,536 boys
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 36,536 of them was named Clarke, which outranked 76.4% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).