Clarinda
Clarinda was last recorded in 2006, when 5 babies were given it; 1,325 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2006 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Clarinda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Clarinda mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Clarinda is “a female given name from Latin.”
From Clara + -inda.
/kləˈɹɪn.də/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Clarinda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #17,715, in 2006; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
35 babies in 1952, the peak
Clarinda peaked in 1952, when 35 girls were given it, #1,646 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | #17,715 | 2.6 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,552 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,969 | 3.3 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,546 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,894 | 2.8 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,626 | 2.8 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,956 | 2.9 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,874 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,096 | 3.3 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,731 | 4.8 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 9 | #8,622 | 4.7 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,554 | 5.4 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,820 | 5.1 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,490 | 5.2 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,501 | 7.6 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,412 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,337 | 4.2 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,250 | 3.6 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,993 | 5.3 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,412 | 6.0 |
| 1980 | 14 | #5,026 | 8.4 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,258 | 10.6 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,486 | 9.8 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,504 | 13.7 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,878 | 17.7 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,894 | 17.1 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,024 | 15.7 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,641 | 18.5 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,743 | 10.5 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,342 | 7.8 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,455 | 10.3 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,484 | 9.5 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,475 | 9.1 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,875 | 7.3 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,767 | 7.1 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,989 | 6.2 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,758 | 11.1 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,358 | 7.8 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,386 | 3.6 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,684 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,227 | 4.9 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,649 | 5.9 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,589 | 9.9 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,669 | 9.3 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,954 | 5.0 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,885 | 16.4 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,188 | 6.7 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,936 | 14.9 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,646 | 18.9 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,256 | 11.1 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,764 | 16.9 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,148 | 12.3 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,426 | 10.0 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,758 | 5.1 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,264 | 6.4 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,724 | 5.4 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,421 | 10.5 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,729 | 8.6 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,014 | 7.4 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,054 | 7.4 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,995 | 7.9 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,834 | 5.5 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,128 | 13.6 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,595 | 10.3 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,148 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,766 | 9.5 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,205 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,319 | 5.0 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,603 | 10.3 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,396 | 7.1 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,444 | 7.2 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,210 | 7.8 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,894 | 9.2 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,298 | 7.6 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,412 | 7.4 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,693 | 10.4 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,489 | 11.6 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,809 | 10.0 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,398 | 12.2 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,146 | 8.3 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,085 | 15.0 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,816 | 18.1 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,217 | 13.9 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,313 | 7.7 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,980 | 16.3 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,032 | 15.8 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,913 | 17.6 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,193 | 14.3 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,244 | 14.3 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,801 | 20.2 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,303 | 31.7 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,526 | 25.1 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,440 | 27.4 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,513 | 25.4 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,338 | 30.5 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,470 | 26.5 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,150 | 37.6 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,338 | 30.0 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,188 | 34.8 |
| 1897 | 14 | #871 | 59.8 |
| 1896 | 11 | #1,007 | 46.2 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,067 | 42.8 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,524 | 22.4 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,471 | 23.5 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,319 | 28.0 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,165 | 33.6 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,057 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 7 | #914 | 48.4 |
| 1884 | 10 | #692 | 77.5 |
| 1883 | 6 | #840 | 53.4 |
| 1880 | 7 | #688 | 76.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Clarinda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Clarinda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Clarinda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Clarinda, and how old are they?
An estimated 732 Americans named Clarinda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 48 and 72. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 925 people named Clarinda (925 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 798 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Clarinda
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 Clarinda and names like it
- Compare Clarinda and MinervaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sClarinda peaked in 1952.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Clarinda since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Clarinda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1952The year the most babies were named Clarinda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Clarinda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.