Clarice — #2792 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Clarice

The Social Security Administration has registered 25,421 babies named Clarice between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clarice currently holds the #2792 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 600 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clarice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,596 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Clarice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,262 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Clarice in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clarice 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 25,421 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.