Clarabell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Clarabell

The Social Security Administration has registered 473 babies named Clarabell between 1898 and 2017, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clarabell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clarabell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Clarabell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Clarabell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clarabell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 473 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.