Girls' name · since 1928
Clarese
Since 1928, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Clarese, peaking in 1978. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,646 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1928
- 1990s
- peak decade
Clarese is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 43 have been recorded since 1928.
Clarese has 43 recorded births among girls since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1994.
- #36,646 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 1928
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clarese ranks #36,646 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1928, peaking in the 1990s.
- #36,646 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1928
- 1990s
- peak decade
Clarese's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clarese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Clarese splits its recorded history at 1988: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1928 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Clarese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1994
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Clarese by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (17 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Clarese's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Clarese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (40% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clarese: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1928–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Clarese draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.