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

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Peak · boys
#809
1880 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1880
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,910
since 1880

Clarke over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #809, 1880girlsat peakboys
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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#1,518140#3,18137
2024#1,852108#3,33535
2023#1,581133#4,22025
2022#1,540139#3,15138
2021#1,419152#3,02140
2020#1,503142#2,72845
2019#1,773115#2,49153
2018#2,08492#2,89341
2017#2,05395#3,00639
2016#2,42676#2,20761
2015#3,29949#3,14936
2014#4,45532#2,92939
2013#6,46219#3,33932
2012#5,39825#3,45031
2011#5,72823#4,22123
2010#5,60224#4,67820
2009#5,89123#4,42922
2008#7,40817#6,07014
2007#8,09815#4,24323
2006#8,23714#3,78226
2005#8,88312#4,46419
2004#6,21619#4,60218
2003#10,4259#3,28028
2002#6,69816#3,67023
2001#6,32217#3,72122
2000#5,31221#4,38917
1999#8,22311#3,18225
1998#7,53212#2,78229
1997#6,16315#3,45520
1996#4,30624#2,59029
1995#5,67716#1,86446
1994#5,01619#2,68527
1993#4,10025#2,50929
1992#5,48417#2,36231
1991#4,49722#2,09535
1990—#2,08635
1989—#1,95337
1988—#1,98932
1987—#2,46822
1986—#1,83733
1985—#2,07127
1984—#2,23223
1983—#1,65135
1982—#1,85030
1981—#2,08625
1980—#2,16224
1979—#3,56911
1978—#2,27920
1977—#2,45818
1976—#1,74829
1975—#2,36118
1974—#1,74727
1973—#1,81724
1972—#1,72126
1971—#1,82324
1970—#1,41635
1969—#1,32636
1968—#1,28235
1967—#1,18140
1966—#1,37331
1965—#1,40530
1964—#1,04452
1963—#1,03753
1962—#1,17244
1961—#1,07852
1960—#1,17844
1959—#1,09050
1958—#1,11447
1957—#1,13046
1956—#1,17142
1955—#97160
1954—#95260
1953—#1,24536
1952—#98153
1951—#1,01748
1950—#98949
1949—#1,00848
1948—#1,09142
1947—#88961
1946—#94450
1945—#99541
1944—#1,05539
1943—#1,08839
1942—#1,05441
1941—#97143
1940—#1,10735
1939—#1,21929
1938—#1,04338
1937—#95743
1936—#92444
1935—#1,12334
1934—#97043
1933—#1,01340
1932—#1,21631
1931—#1,36126
1930—#1,36828
1929—#1,33928
1928—#1,56923
1927—#1,43627
1926—#1,17437
1925—#1,24633
1924—#1,38029
1923—#1,32230
1922—#1,15838
1921—#1,17837
1920—#1,25233
1919—#1,35128
1918—#1,19234
1917—#1,32227
1916—#1,50522
1915—#1,01539
1914—#1,54516
1913—#1,25617
1912—#1,13717
1911——
1910—#1,4216
1909—#1,2776
1908——
1907——
1906——
1905—#1,0916
1904—#1,0646
1903—#8468
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1896—#9826
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1890—#9945
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1887—#9215
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1881—#8665
1880—#8096
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.

See more about Clarke
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#809 (1880)#865
1890s11#982 (1896)#988
1900s26#846 (1903)#1,070
1910s206#1,015 (1915)#1,305
1920s315#1,158 (1922)#1,305
1930s356#924 (1936)#1,119
1940s439#889 (1947)#1,020
1950s491#952 (1954)#1,066
1960s417#1,037 (1963)#1,208
1970s232#1,416 (1970)#2,094
1980s288#1,651 (1983)#2,030
1990s306#1,864 (1995)#2,561
2000s212#3,280 (2003)#4,265
2010s375#2,207 (2016)#3,236
2020s220#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 1995

girls
#5,677
16 births · 1 in 109,909 girls
boys
#1,864
46 births · 1 in 41,385 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #5,677Clarke16

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,864Clarke46
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 109,909 of them was named Clarke, which outranked 64.0% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clarke
  1. #5,439Xochil17
  2. #5,439Yamilette17
  3. #5,439Zowie17
  4. #5,677Clarke16
  5. #5,677Abeer16
  6. #5,677Adasia16
  7. #5,677Adrieanna16
  8. #5,958Adeja15
  9. #5,958Adi15
  10. #5,958Adrionna15

Tied with 280 names at #5,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 41,385 of them was named Clarke, which outranked 82.0% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clarke
  1. #1,841Tj47
  2. #1,841Torrence47
  3. #1,841Tyren47
  4. #1,864Clarke46
  5. #1,864Armon46
  6. #1,864Artemio46
  7. #1,864Benedict46
  8. #1,887Armond45
  9. #1,887Cayden45
  10. #1,887Creighton45

Tied with 22 names at #1,864; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →