Meaning not yet researched.
Clark: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 837 in 2025. Its best rank was #176 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #176 in 1881; #377 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Clark in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#377 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #176.
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Clark: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 837 boys in 2025. Peak: #176 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 879 (1961).
In 2025, 837 US boys were named Clark, making it the 377th most common boys’ name of the year, up 60 places from #437 in 2024. That is 111 more than the 726 boys named Clark in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #176, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 879, in 1961. For comparison, it was #372 in 2015 and #262 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clark in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 49 babies with the name. In all, 51,205 US babies have been given the name, 0.7% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 7,005 babies named Clark.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,976 US boys were named Clark; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 867. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,041 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Clark ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #126 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Clarke (5,598 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Klark and Klarke are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Klark (161), Klarke (68).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Clark in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 7 | #126 | #116 |
| Utah | 29 | #189 | #210 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #209 | — |
| Idaho | 12 | #218 | #246 |
| Oregon | 18 | #233 | #403 |
| Maine | 5 | #236 | — |
| Montana | 5 | #241 | — |
| Massachusetts | 22 | #265 | #385 |
| Ohio | 43 | #283 | #362 |
| Wisconsin | 20 | #289 | #332 |
| Indiana | 27 | #294 | #295 |
| Minnesota | 21 | #294 | #356 |
| Michigan | 33 | #294 | #393 |
| Colorado | 20 | #320 | #364 |
| Virginia | 25 | #331 | #335 |
| Tennessee | 26 | #337 | #597 |
| Missouri | 19 | #338 | #212 |
| Washington | 22 | #341 | #297 |
| Iowa | 10 | #351 | #320 |
| Illinois | 30 | #352 | #404 |
| Kentucky | 14 | #355 | #285 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #356 | #363 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #392 | — |
| North Carolina | 28 | #398 | #393 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #401 | #311 |
| Georgia | 28 | #410 | #429 |
| New York | 39 | #434 | #501 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #439 | #408 |
| Texas | 76 | #444 | #348 |
| Alabama | 11 | #454 | #416 |
| Nevada | 6 | #457 | — |
| California | 67 | #475 | #372 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #478 | #546 |
| Maryland | 10 | #479 | #394 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #493 | #591 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #541 | #587 |
| Florida | 32 | #545 | #493 |
| Arizona | 12 | #567 | #309 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #635 | #646 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,373 | 837 | #377 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,994 | 726 | #437 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,730 | 709 | #439 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,050 | 729 | #427 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,992 | 794 | #396 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,358 | 793 | #387 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,652 | 805 | #389 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,828 | 855 | #376 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,097 | 861 | #381 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,336 | 867 | #378 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,713 | 868 | #372 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,383 | 814 | #383 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,155 | 617 | #456 |
| 2012 | — | — | 473 | #551 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,677 | 385 | #619 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,600 | 335 | #695 |
| 2009 | — | — | 336 | #708 |
| 2008 | — | — | 341 | #695 |
| 2007 | 7 | #14,248 | 385 | #632 |
| 2006 | — | — | 323 | #692 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,891 | 245 | #792 |
| 2004 | — | — | 262 | #727 |
| 2003 | — | — | 220 | #793 |
| 2002 | — | — | 211 | #809 |
| 2001 | — | — | 201 | #818 |
| 2000 | — | — | 218 | #761 |
| 1999 | — | — | 226 | #724 |
| 1998 | — | — | 222 | #735 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,204 | 245 | #667 |
| 1996 | — | — | 261 | #642 |
| 1995 | — | — | 285 | #607 |
| 1994 | — | — | 268 | #634 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,105 | 264 | #635 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,669 | 276 | #622 |
| 1991 | — | — | 303 | #583 |
| 1990 | — | — | 342 | #536 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,792 | 341 | #519 |
| 1988 | — | — | 319 | #514 |
| 1987 | — | — | 301 | #518 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,283 | 318 | #491 |
| 1985 | — | — | 284 | #517 |
| 1984 | — | — | 302 | #480 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,590 | 323 | #465 |
| 1982 | — | — | 305 | #487 |
| 1981 | — | — | 260 | #521 |
| 1980 | — | — | 261 | #533 |
| 1979 | — | — | 243 | #548 |
| 1978 | — | — | 213 | #574 |
| 1977 | — | — | 256 | #512 |
| 1976 | — | — | 197 | #581 |
| 1975 | — | — | 224 | #535 |
| 1974 | — | — | 197 | #573 |
| 1973 | — | — | 227 | #522 |
| 1972 | — | — | 272 | #477 |
| 1971 | — | — | 324 | #451 |
| 1970 | — | — | 381 | #418 |
| 1969 | — | — | 411 | #387 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,178 | 426 | #376 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,679 | 469 | #344 |
| 1966 | — | — | 528 | #324 |
| 1965 | — | — | 624 | #300 |
| 1964 | — | — | 668 | #304 |
| 1963 | — | — | 729 | #287 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,727 | 798 | #271 |
| 1961 | — | — | 879 | #268 |
| 1960 | — | — | 608 | #317 |
| 1959 | — | — | 632 | #307 |
| 1958 | — | — | 670 | #293 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,226 | 638 | #299 |
| 1956 | — | — | 709 | #276 |
| 1955 | — | — | 724 | #255 |
| 1954 | — | — | 717 | #262 |
| 1953 | — | — | 646 | #273 |
| 1952 | — | — | 637 | #274 |
| 1951 | — | — | 634 | #268 |
| 1950 | — | — | 624 | #262 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,365 | 595 | #273 |
| 1948 | — | — | 551 | #287 |
| 1947 | — | — | 596 | #281 |
| 1946 | — | — | 523 | #279 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,671 | 424 | #289 |
| 1944 | — | — | 437 | #283 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,272 | 503 | #270 |
| 1942 | — | — | 538 | #245 |
| 1941 | — | — | 456 | #263 |
| 1940 | — | — | 427 | #272 |
| 1939 | — | — | 396 | #276 |
| 1938 | — | — | 488 | #240 |
| 1937 | — | — | 433 | #260 |
| 1936 | — | — | 437 | #254 |
| 1935 | — | — | 376 | #280 |
| 1934 | — | — | 429 | #262 |
| 1933 | — | — | 370 | #273 |
| 1932 | — | — | 336 | #304 |
| 1931 | — | — | 243 | #359 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,671 | 255 | #359 |
| 1929 | — | — | 243 | #367 |
| 1928 | — | — | 240 | #381 |
| 1927 | — | — | 293 | #334 |
| 1926 | — | — | 264 | #360 |
| 1925 | — | — | 272 | #358 |
| 1924 | — | — | 283 | #351 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,090 | 328 | #321 |
| 1922 | — | — | 326 | #317 |
| 1921 | — | — | 357 | #301 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,110 | 308 | #333 |
| 1919 | — | — | 327 | #301 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,947 | 327 | #308 |
| 1917 | — | — | 345 | #275 |
| 1916 | — | — | 336 | #278 |
| 1915 | — | — | 289 | #296 |
| 1914 | — | — | 242 | #286 |
| 1913 | — | — | 191 | #289 |
| 1912 | — | — | 187 | #256 |
| 1911 | — | — | 68 | #334 |
| 1910 | — | — | 71 | #292 |
| 1909 | — | — | 51 | #321 |
| 1908 | — | — | 54 | #297 |
| 1907 | — | — | 43 | #325 |
| 1906 | — | — | 53 | #270 |
| 1905 | — | — | 48 | #287 |
| 1904 | — | — | 46 | #279 |
| 1903 | — | — | 49 | #263 |
| 1902 | — | — | 31 | #355 |
| 1901 | — | — | 52 | #238 |
| 1900 | — | — | 75 | #230 |
| 1899 | — | — | 46 | #246 |
| 1898 | — | — | 42 | #279 |
| 1897 | — | — | 58 | #226 |
| 1896 | — | — | 58 | #238 |
| 1895 | — | — | 53 | #246 |
| 1894 | — | — | 50 | #242 |
| 1893 | — | — | 50 | #247 |
| 1892 | — | — | 61 | #224 |
| 1891 | — | — | 36 | #269 |
| 1890 | — | — | 51 | #233 |
| 1889 | — | — | 51 | #228 |
| 1888 | — | — | 45 | #263 |
| 1887 | — | — | 54 | #211 |
| 1886 | — | — | 49 | #244 |
| 1885 | — | — | 45 | #245 |
| 1884 | — | — | 55 | #228 |
| 1883 | — | — | 45 | #237 |
| 1882 | — | — | 54 | #222 |
| 1881 | — | — | 66 | #176 |
| 1880 | — | — | 49 | #237 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).