Klark — boys' name
127 babies named Klark in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Klark was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Klark in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Klark
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Klark between 1964 and 2023, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Klark currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Klark is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 24 additional births since 2013.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Klark performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Klark shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Klark 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 127 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.
Klark at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Klark popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1964
- Peak year (2023)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
127 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 15 births in a single year.
Klark popularity over time — girls
24 total births recorded since 2013 (Klark as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Klark accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Klark by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 56 births that decade — 44% of Klark's all-time total
Klark decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Klark's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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, 1964–2023 (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.