Clarinda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Clarinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,325 babies named Clarinda between 1880 and 2006, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clarinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clarinda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Clarinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clarinda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clarinda 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 1,325 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.