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Clarice

Clarice was most popular in 1921, when 600 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 3,111 for girls.

25,570babies since 1880
1921most popular year
#258best rank, 1913
#3,111rank in 2025

Babies named Clarice each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s1500
1890s5470
1900s1,1980
1910s3,78416
1920s5,59645
1930s4,22435
1940s2,7610
1950s2,3240
1960s1,1230
1970s8700
1980s7880
1990s7530
2000s6870
2010s4200
2020s2490

Clarice in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Clarice.

US England and Wales France

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1921 1 in 2,055 #3,111
England and Wales 1915 1 in 622 #5,107
France 2007 1 in 10,750 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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