Boys' name · since 1915
Clarkson
156 babies named Clarkson in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,478 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,125 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 156
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Clarkson is the #12125 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 156 recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clarkson has been recorded 156 times among boys since 1915, currently ranked #12125 nationally and more common than 13% of boys, 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 1915 to 2025.
- #14,478 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,125 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 156 born since 1915
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clarkson ranks #14,478 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,125 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 156 born since 1915, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,478 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,125 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 156
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Clarkson's 156 recorded births place it above 68.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Clarkson compares
156 33rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Clarkson's all-time total is 58% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Clarkson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 156 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Clarkson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Clarkson's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Clarkson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Clarkson by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (43 births, 28% of the file).
2020s was Clarkson's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Clarkson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 43 births (28% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clarkson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Clarkson 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.