Girls' name · since 1919
Claribell
18 babies named Claribell in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Claribell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1919.
Social Security Administration records show Claribell recorded 18 times among girls since 1919, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1926.
- #46,865 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Claribell ranks #46,865 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #46,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Claribell's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Claribell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Claribell's full recorded timeline at 1920, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Claribell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1926
- Peak year (1926)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1926.
18 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 8 births in a single year.
Claribell by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1920s was Claribell's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Claribell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
Claribell decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Claribell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1919–1926 (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 Claribell 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.
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