Clark

Where Clark comes from

From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.
— Wiktionary's entry for Clark
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #236 among boys — 49 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #175
    66 babies named Clark — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1901
    Clark Gable born
    American actor
  4. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #355.
  5. 1962
    Clark Gregg born
    American actor, screenwriter and director
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Clark Gable · American actor, 1901–1960
  • Clark Gregg · American actor, screenwriter and director, born 1962
  • Clark Ashton Smith · American author, 1893–1961
  • Clark L. Hull · American psychologist, 1884–1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.