Meaning not yet researched.
Clarke: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 140 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,420 in 2021.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,420 in 2021; #1,519 in 2025. About 79% of babies named Clarke in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,519 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2021, at #1,420.
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Clarke: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 140 girls in 2025. Peak: #1,420 in 2021 · most girls in one year: 152 (2021).
In 2025, 140 US girls were named Clarke, making it the 1,519th most common girls’ name of the year, up 336 places from #1,855 in 2024. That is 32 more than the 108 girls named Clarke in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,420, reached in 2021. That year also had the most girls given the name: 152. For comparison, it was #3,306 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 37 US boys were named Clarke, making it the 3,193rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 151 places from #3,344 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 35 boys named Clarke in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #831, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 61, in 2016. For comparison, it was #3,164 in 2015 and #989 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clarke in 124 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 5,598 US babies have been given the name, 30% of them girls and 70% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,034 babies named Clarke.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,192 US girls were named Clarke; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 152. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,480 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Clarke ranked highest in Louisiana in 2025, at #693 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Clark (51,205 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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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 Clarke in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 6 | #693 | — |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #695 | — |
| Colorado | 7 | #726 | — |
| Indiana | 8 | #744 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #777 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #865 | — |
| Texas | 18 | #1,368 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,454 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,583 | — |
| Florida | 6 | #1,948 | — |
| California | 8 | #2,318 | #3,532 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140 | #1,519 | 37 | #3,193 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,855 | 35 | #3,344 |
| 2023 | 133 | #1,583 | 25 | #4,245 |
| 2022 | 139 | #1,542 | 38 | #3,167 |
| 2021 | 152 | #1,420 | 40 | #3,030 |
| 2020 | 142 | #1,504 | 45 | #2,736 |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,774 | 53 | #2,493 |
| 2018 | 92 | #2,090 | 41 | #2,900 |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,059 | 39 | #3,018 |
| 2016 | 76 | #2,429 | 61 | #2,213 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,306 | 36 | #3,164 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,483 | 39 | #2,941 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,525 | 32 | #3,348 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,433 | 31 | #3,460 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,780 | 23 | #4,250 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,651 | 20 | #4,703 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,934 | 22 | #4,456 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,488 | 14 | #6,123 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,191 | 23 | #4,257 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,344 | 26 | #3,803 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,018 | 19 | #4,501 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,285 | 18 | #4,631 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,627 | 28 | #3,299 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,775 | 23 | #3,687 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,385 | 22 | #3,734 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,349 | 17 | #4,430 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,353 | 25 | #3,192 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,643 | 29 | #2,798 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,233 | 20 | #3,475 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,336 | 29 | #2,605 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,728 | 46 | #1,867 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,062 | 27 | #2,698 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,128 | 29 | #2,523 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,528 | 31 | #2,371 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,531 | 35 | #2,101 |
| 1990 | — | — | 35 | #2,093 |
| 1989 | — | — | 37 | #1,957 |
| 1988 | — | — | 32 | #2,001 |
| 1987 | — | — | 22 | #2,486 |
| 1986 | — | — | 33 | #1,843 |
| 1985 | — | — | 27 | #2,081 |
| 1984 | — | — | 23 | #2,243 |
| 1983 | — | — | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1982 | — | — | 30 | #1,860 |
| 1981 | — | — | 25 | #2,095 |
| 1980 | — | — | 24 | #2,167 |
| 1979 | — | — | 11 | #3,604 |
| 1978 | — | — | 20 | #2,293 |
| 1977 | — | — | 18 | #2,473 |
| 1976 | — | — | 29 | #1,750 |
| 1975 | — | — | 18 | #2,382 |
| 1974 | — | — | 27 | #1,757 |
| 1973 | — | — | 24 | #1,825 |
| 1972 | — | — | 26 | #1,734 |
| 1971 | — | — | 24 | #1,831 |
| 1970 | — | — | 35 | #1,421 |
| 1969 | — | — | 36 | #1,329 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,290 |
| 1967 | — | — | 40 | #1,182 |
| 1966 | — | — | 31 | #1,376 |
| 1965 | — | — | 30 | #1,412 |
| 1964 | — | — | 52 | #1,047 |
| 1963 | — | — | 53 | #1,040 |
| 1962 | — | — | 44 | #1,174 |
| 1961 | — | — | 52 | #1,082 |
| 1960 | — | — | 44 | #1,179 |
| 1959 | — | — | 50 | #1,090 |
| 1958 | — | — | 47 | #1,116 |
| 1957 | — | — | 46 | #1,133 |
| 1956 | — | — | 42 | #1,172 |
| 1955 | — | — | 60 | #973 |
| 1954 | — | — | 60 | #954 |
| 1953 | — | — | 36 | #1,246 |
| 1952 | — | — | 53 | #983 |
| 1951 | — | — | 48 | #1,025 |
| 1950 | — | — | 49 | #989 |
| 1949 | — | — | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1948 | — | — | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1947 | — | — | 61 | #890 |
| 1946 | — | — | 50 | #946 |
| 1945 | — | — | 41 | #998 |
| 1944 | — | — | 39 | #1,057 |
| 1943 | — | — | 39 | #1,090 |
| 1942 | — | — | 41 | #1,059 |
| 1941 | — | — | 43 | #974 |
| 1940 | — | — | 35 | #1,109 |
| 1939 | — | — | 29 | #1,224 |
| 1938 | — | — | 38 | #1,045 |
| 1937 | — | — | 43 | #957 |
| 1936 | — | — | 44 | #927 |
| 1935 | — | — | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1934 | — | — | 43 | #974 |
| 1933 | — | — | 40 | #1,017 |
| 1932 | — | — | 31 | #1,218 |
| 1931 | — | — | 26 | #1,369 |
| 1930 | — | — | 28 | #1,370 |
| 1929 | — | — | 28 | #1,343 |
| 1928 | — | — | 23 | #1,573 |
| 1927 | — | — | 27 | #1,440 |
| 1926 | — | — | 37 | #1,176 |
| 1925 | — | — | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1924 | — | — | 29 | #1,384 |
| 1923 | — | — | 30 | #1,330 |
| 1922 | — | — | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1921 | — | — | 37 | #1,181 |
| 1920 | — | — | 33 | #1,256 |
| 1919 | — | — | 28 | #1,357 |
| 1918 | — | — | 34 | #1,195 |
| 1917 | — | — | 27 | #1,331 |
| 1916 | — | — | 22 | #1,516 |
| 1915 | — | — | 39 | #1,020 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,559 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,265 |
| 1912 | — | — | 17 | #1,141 |
| 1910 | — | — | 6 | #1,451 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,302 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,122 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,088 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #856 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,002 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,033 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #956 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #891 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #831 |
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).