Clary
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Last seen for boys in 1982 at #6,385
- Given to girls 63.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1923 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 308since 1917
Clary over time
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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 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
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| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #6,385 | 5 |
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| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
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| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
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| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five girls were named Clary! It came in at #4,594, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Clary is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Clary in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Clary
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 5,614 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #13,208)
- 4,802 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #13,208)
- 2,342 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #13,208)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1923 at #2,465 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1924, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 86,169
- Highest: 1 in 86,169 girls born in 1923 were named Clary (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 32.5% of all girls named Clary (100) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1982
- Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,423 |
| 1920s | 24 | #2,465 (1923) | #3,920 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,406 (1933) | #3,794 |
| 1940s | 28 | #3,252 (1941) | #3,876 |
| 1950s | 17 | #4,483 (1952) | #5,328 |
| 1960s | 6 | #5,851 (1961) | #5,851 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,237 (1982) | #10,075 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,807 (1996) | #12,625 |
| 2000s | 34 | #13,704 (2009) | #15,041 |
| 2010s | 100 | #6,531 (2017) | #10,983 |
| 2020s | 54 | #7,594 (2024) | #11,035 |
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.
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