Clarice
Clarice was given to 52 girls in 2025, #3,111 among girls’ names; 25,570 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,970 Americans named Clarice and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 39 and 78.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Clarice by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Clarice mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Clarice is “a female given name from French.” Its etymology gives the sense “Poor Clare” (Clarissa).
Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarisse.
/ˈklæ.ɹɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Clarice?
#3,111 among girls’ names, 2025
Clarice rose from #3,666 in 2015 to #3,111 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 23.5 to 32.4 per million.
600 babies in 1921, the peak
Clarice peaked in 1921, when 600 girls were given it, #275 among girls’ names. The 52 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,111 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,781 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,274 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,396 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,448 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,024 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,734 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,301 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,207 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,598 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 42 | #3,666 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,194 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,018 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,062 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 37 | #4,016 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,214 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,958 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,488 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,896 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 49 | #3,324 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,501 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,449 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 75 | #2,264 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,936 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 116 | #1,594 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,239 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,979 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,342 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,847 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 73 | #1,946 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,951 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 66 | #2,080 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,750 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 83 | #1,759 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,674 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,952 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 63 | #1,998 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 83 | #1,580 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 79 | #1,581 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 82 | #1,508 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,763 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 84 | #1,390 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,632 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 102 | #1,264 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 89 | #1,385 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 74 | #1,571 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 81 | #1,472 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 81 | #1,424 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 99 | #1,225 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 143 | #917 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 93 | #1,232 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 60 | #1,583 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 74 | #1,353 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 79 | #1,295 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,324 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 79 | #1,332 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 76 | #1,293 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 87 | #1,159 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 87 | #1,133 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 102 | #1,022 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 106 | #1,014 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 119 | #971 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 102 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 141 | #891 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 135 | #924 | 0.07 |
| 1960 | 168 | #790 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 167 | #790 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 218 | #669 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 219 | #664 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 208 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 248 | #580 | 0.13 |
| 1954 | 253 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 269 | #523 | 0.14 |
| 1952 | 274 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1951 | 225 | #569 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 243 | #531 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 255 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1948 | 253 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1947 | 262 | #512 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 246 | #496 | 0.16 |
| 1945 | 209 | #508 | 0.16 |
| 1944 | 265 | #442 | 0.20 |
| 1943 | 274 | #450 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 363 | #370 | 0.27 |
| 1941 | 325 | #377 | 0.27 |
| 1940 | 309 | #374 | 0.27 |
| 1939 | 332 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1938 | 352 | #340 | 0.32 |
| 1937 | 371 | #324 | 0.35 |
| 1936 | 393 | #304 | 0.38 |
| 1935 | 398 | #310 | 0.38 |
| 1934 | 439 | #295 | 0.42 |
| 1933 | 435 | #290 | 0.43 |
| 1932 | 460 | #292 | 0.43 |
| 1931 | 508 | #276 | 0.48 |
| 1930 | 536 | #279 | 0.48 |
| 1929 | 547 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1928 | 568 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1927 | 581 | #274 | 0.49 |
| 1926 | 536 | #287 | 0.45 |
| 1925 | 594 | #272 | 0.49 |
| 1924 | 554 | #280 | 0.44 |
| 1923 | 530 | #280 | 0.44 |
| 1922 | 533 | #282 | 0.44 |
| 1921 | 600 | #275 | 0.49 |
| 1920 | 553 | #277 | 0.46 |
| 1919 | 542 | #274 | 0.48 |
| 1918 | 548 | #272 | 0.47 |
| 1917 | 491 | #278 | 0.45 |
| 1916 | 484 | #273 | 0.46 |
| 1915 | 470 | #270 | 0.48 |
| 1914 | 300 | #301 | 0.39 |
| 1913 | 319 | #258 | 0.51 |
| 1912 | 254 | #284 | 0.46 |
| 1911 | 194 | #278 | 0.46 |
| 1910 | 182 | #287 | 0.46 |
| 1909 | 149 | #294 | 0.43 |
| 1908 | 141 | #297 | 0.42 |
| 1907 | 138 | #298 | 0.43 |
| 1906 | 136 | #285 | 0.46 |
| 1905 | 114 | #315 | 0.39 |
| 1904 | 98 | #331 | 0.36 |
| 1903 | 82 | #351 | 0.31 |
| 1902 | 120 | #287 | 0.45 |
| 1901 | 107 | #290 | 0.45 |
| 1900 | 113 | #312 | 0.38 |
| 1899 | 79 | #338 | 0.34 |
| 1898 | 69 | #374 | 0.27 |
| 1897 | 66 | #362 | 0.28 |
| 1896 | 84 | #316 | 0.35 |
| 1895 | 51 | #393 | 0.22 |
| 1894 | 63 | #349 | 0.28 |
| 1893 | 53 | #371 | 0.25 |
| 1892 | 32 | #481 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 28 | #485 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 22 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 30 | #444 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 19 | #578 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 10 | #740 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 19 | #510 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 19 | #487 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 18 | #482 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 10 | #618 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 8 | #687 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 8 | #636 | 0.09 |
| 1880 | 9 | #588 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Clarice a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Clarice has been given almost only to girls: 96 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Clarice: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Clarice, and how old are they?
8,970 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 25,570 Americans ever recorded as Clarice. The median Clarice alive today is 65 years old; half are between 39 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 10,598 people named Clarice (10,567 women and girls, 31 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,698 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,800 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,210 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 557 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Clarice born?
The states with the most babies named Clarice are California, Texas and Minnesota, with 19% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,271 | #2,317 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 1,196 | #3,400 | 0.8× |
| Minnesota | 1,148 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Illinois | 1,138 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 1,123 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 938 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 853 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 706 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 659 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 643 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Clarice is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Clarice is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Clarice with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 26,206 babies since 1880, Clarice is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 52 of their 52 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Clarice
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Clarice and names like it
- Compare Clarice and ClarieceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sClarice peaked in 1921.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Clarice since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Clarice: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Clarice.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Clarice alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.