Clarice
Clarice is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 60 births. Its best rank was 258th, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 600.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921600 births
- Best rank
- #258in 1913
- Since 1880
- 25,421people given the name
The story in the numbers
25,421 girls have been named Clarice in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 600 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 85 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Clarice | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 150 | |
| 1890s | 547 | |
| 1900s | 1,198 | |
| 1910s | 3,784 | |
| 1920s | 5,596 | |
| 1930s | 4,224 | |
| 1940s | 2,761 | |
| 1950s | 2,324 | |
| 1960s | 1,123 | |
| 1970s | 870 | |
| 1980s | 788 | |
| 1990s | 753 | |
| 2000s | 687 | |
| 2010s | 420 | |
| 2020s | 196 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Clarice was the 275th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Clarice
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rebapeak 1925
- Genevapeak 1924
- Allenepeak 1926
- Florinepeak 1921
- Palmapeak 1925
- Ermapeak 1920
- Ouidapeak 1924
- Wildapeak 1926
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.