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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #809 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1945–1947
- 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
- 12.6% of all boys named Clarke (491) were born in this decade
- 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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 23,316 of them was named Clarke, which outranked 87.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,412Lexington77
- #2,412Skai77
- #2,412Stefany77
- #2,426Clarke76
- #2,426Avyanna76
- #2,426Bowie76
- #2,426Brelynn76
- #2,446Auria75
- #2,446Aziyah75
- #2,446Berlin75
Tied with 19 names at #2,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 31,110 of them was named Clarke, which outranked 84.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,184Von62
- #2,184Westen62
- #2,184Yechiel62
- #2,207Clarke61
- #2,207Aariv61
- #2,207Abe61
- #2,207Alpha61
- #2,228Abdallah60
- #2,228Adonai60
- #2,228Alston60
Tied with 20 names at #2,207; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.