Clark
Clark is ranked 437th among boys in 2024 (725 births). Its best rank was 176th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- #437same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7250.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 1961880 births
- Best rank
- #176in 1881
- Since 1880
- 50,015people given the name
The story in the numbers
50,015 boys have been named Clark in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 880 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 383 → 437).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 2010s alone account for 14%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Clark | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 513 | |
| 1890s | 505 | |
| 1900s | 502 | |
| 1910s | 2,383 | |
| 1920s | 2,914 | |
| 1930s | 3,763 | |
| 1940s | 5,050 | |
| 1950s | 6,633 | |
| 1960s | 6,140 | |
| 1970s | 2,538 | |
| 1980s | 3,013 | |
| 1990s | 2,692 | |
| 2000s | 2,742 | |
| 2010s | 6,879 | |
| 2020s | 3,748 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Clark was the 268th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Clark
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vanpeak 1953
- Marshallpeak 1947
- Conradpeak 2024
- Felixpeak 2024
- Judsonpeak 2023
- Martinpeak 1963
- Nelsonpeak 1959
- Bentonpeak 2016
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.