Clarice
#3,100 for girls in 2025, 52 births · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #2,629
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1913 · 319 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,474since 1880
Clarice over time
Rank among girls' names. Clarice has never cracked the top 200 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 | #3,100 | 52 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,775 | 61 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,005 | 35 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,718 | 40 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,192 | 50 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,002 | 37 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,478 | 47 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,316 | 49 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,503 | 69 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,446 | 69 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,260 | 75 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 91 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,595 | 116 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,236 | 70 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,975 | 79 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,845 | 80 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,947 | 73 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,955 | 70 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,079 | 66 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,753 | 84 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,761 | 83 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,677 | 88 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,952 | 70 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,579 | 83 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,581 | 79 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,505 | 82 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,760 | 64 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,388 | 84 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,262 | 102 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,382 | 89 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,570 | 74 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,471 | 81 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,225 | 99 | — | |
| 1976 | #917 | 143 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,229 | 93 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,578 | 60 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,349 | 74 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,322 | 81 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,330 | 79 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,157 | 87 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,133 | 87 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,022 | 102 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,013 | 106 | — | |
| 1964 | #969 | 119 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,065 | 102 | — | |
| 1962 | #890 | 141 | — | |
| 1961 | #922 | 135 | — | |
| 1960 | #789 | 168 | — | |
| 1959 | #789 | 167 | — | |
| 1958 | #669 | 218 | — | |
| 1957 | #665 | 219 | — | |
| 1956 | #665 | 208 | — | |
| 1955 | #580 | 248 | — | |
| 1954 | #557 | 253 | — | |
| 1953 | #524 | 269 | — | |
| 1952 | #510 | 274 | — | |
| 1951 | #570 | 225 | — | |
| 1950 | #532 | 243 | — | |
| 1949 | #512 | 255 | — | |
| 1948 | #517 | 253 | — | |
| 1947 | #511 | 262 | — | |
| 1946 | #496 | 246 | — | |
| 1945 | #507 | 209 | — | |
| 1944 | #441 | 265 | — | |
| 1943 | #450 | 274 | — | |
| 1942 | #370 | 363 | — | |
| 1941 | #376 | 325 | — | |
| 1940 | #373 | 309 | — | |
| 1939 | #358 | 332 | — | |
| 1938 | #340 | 352 | — | |
| 1937 | #322 | 371 | — | |
| 1936 | #304 | 393 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #310 | 398 | — | |
| 1934 | #295 | 439 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #290 | 435 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #292 | 460 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #276 | 508 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #279 | 536 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #273 | 547 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #273 | 568 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #274 | 581 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #287 | 536 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #272 | 594 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #280 | 554 | — | |
| 1923 | #280 | 530 | — | |
| 1922 | #282 | 533 | — | |
| 1921 | #275 | 600 | — | |
| 1920 | #277 | 553 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #274 | 542 | — | |
| 1918 | #272 | 548 | — | |
| 1917 | #278 | 491 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #273 | 484 | — | |
| 1915 | #270 | 470 | — | |
| 1914 | #301 | 300 | — | |
| 1913 | #258 | 319 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #284 | 254 | — | |
| 1911 | #278 | 194 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #287 | 182 | — | |
| 1909 | #294 | 149 | — | |
| 1908 | #297 | 141 | — | |
| 1907 | #298 | 138 | — | |
| 1906 | #285 | 136 | — | |
| 1905 | #315 | 114 | — | |
| 1904 | #330 | 98 | — | |
| 1903 | #351 | 82 | — | |
| 1902 | #287 | 120 | — | |
| 1901 | #289 | 107 | — | |
| 1900 | #310 | 113 | — | |
| 1899 | #338 | 79 | — | |
| 1898 | #374 | 69 | — | |
| 1897 | #362 | 66 | — | |
| 1896 | #316 | 84 | — | |
| 1895 | #393 | 51 | — | |
| 1894 | #349 | 63 | — | |
| 1893 | #370 | 53 | — | |
| 1892 | #479 | 32 | — | |
| 1891 | #483 | 28 | — | |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 | — | |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 | — | |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #508 | 19 | — | |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 | — | |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clarice was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
Where Clarice is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#506 · 1 in 3,162
- South Carolina#512 · 1 in 3,508
- Pennsylvania#994 · 1 in 13,279
- New York#1,030 · 1 in 10,184
- California#1,513 · 1 in 18,696
Best ever in a state: #83 in North Dakota, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #506 | 5 | 1 in 3,162 |
| South Carolina | #512 | 5 | 1 in 3,508 |
| Pennsylvania | #994 | 5 | 1 in 13,279 |
| New York | #1,030 | 10 | 1 in 10,184 |
| California | #1,513 | 8 | 1 in 18,696 |
| Texas | #1,580 | 5 | 1 in 20,093 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Clarice
- 325 spots since 2024 (#2,775 → #3,100)
- 905 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #3,100)
- 550 spots since 2015 (#3,650 → #3,100)
- Biggest jump: 312 spots in 1976 (#1,229 → #917)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1977 (#917 → #1,225)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #258 (319 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 48 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1880–1962
- Highest: 1 in 1,958 girls born in 1913 were named Clarice (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,909 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.0% of all girls named Clarice (5,596) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 150 | #439 (1889) | #571 |
| 1890s | 547 | #316 (1896) | #402 |
| 1900s | 1,198 | #285 (1906) | #306 |
| 1910s | 3,784 | #258 (1913) | #278 |
| 1920s | 5,596 | #272 (1925) | #277 |
| 1930s | 4,224 | #276 (1931) | #307 |
| 1940s | 2,761 | #370 (1942) | #455 |
| 1950s | 2,324 | #510 (1952) | #606 |
| 1960s | 1,123 | #789 (1960) | #1,025 |
| 1970s | 870 | #917 (1976) | #1,313 |
| 1980s | 788 | #1,262 (1982) | #1,565 |
| 1990s | 753 | #1,677 (1991) | #1,928 |
| 2000s | 687 | #1,595 (2001) | #2,660 |
| 2010s | 420 | #3,184 (2014) | #3,685 |
| 2020s | 249 | #2,775 (2024) | #3,824 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Clarice in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 15,486 of them was named Clarice, which outranked 89.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,214Roxana100
- #1,214Sharron100
- #1,214Tatum100
- #1,225Clarice99
- #1,225Demetra99
- #1,225Dolly99
- #1,225Jewel99
- #1,231Annamarie98
- #1,231Ashlie98
- #1,231Isela98
Tied with 5 names at #1,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.