Claryce — girls' name
215 babies named Claryce in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Claryce was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Claryce in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Claryce
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Claryce between 1913 and 2002, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Claryce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Claryce performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Claryce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Claryce 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 215 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.
Claryce at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Claryce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1913
- Peak year (1930)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
215 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 19 births in a single year.
Claryce by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 86 births that decade — 40% of Claryce's all-time total
Claryce decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Claryce's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.