Girls' name · since 1977
Clarity
1,014 babies named Clarity in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,763 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,014
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Clarity currently ranks #1763 among girls' names in America, with 1,014 babies recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clarity has been recorded 1,014 times among girls since 1977, currently ranked #1763 nationally and more common than 90% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #7,444 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,763 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,014 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clarity ranks #7,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,763 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,014 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,763 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,014
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Clarity's 1,014 recorded births place it above 89.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Clarity compares
1,014 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Clarity's all-time total is 170% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Clarity | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,014 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 115 | 21 | 19,840 |
Clarity's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Clarity's full recorded timeline at 2010, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 115 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Clarity popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 115
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Clarity by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (435 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Clarity's strongest decade.
435 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Clarity births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 123
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
428 births
- 2020s
2020s
435 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 435 births (43% of all-time use).
How Clarity compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Clarity's total volume
Clarity by state
Where Clarity concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 89 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 82 | 8.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 28 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Washington | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.6% |
89 of 1,014 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Clarity appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Claritys (89 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Clarity: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Clarity 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.