How rare is the name Clarice?

10,598 people in the United States have the first name Clarice, about 1 in 28,499. It ranks #2,368 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CLARICE

#2,368

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,598
About
1 in 28,499
This common or more
79.5%
Who bears it

Of the 10,598 people named Clarice, 58.7% reported their origin as White, 27.8% as Black and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Clarice peaked in 1921, when 600 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
600
In 2025*
52 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 25,570 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Clarice by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #466. The largest share of babies named Clarice, 36.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,004150
1890s#604547
1900s#4661,198
1910s#4913,800
1920s#5085,641
1930s#5684,259
1940s#8282,761
1950s#1,0692,324
1960s#1,7001,123
1970s#2,116870
1980s#2,517788
1990s#3,223753
2000s#4,333687
2010s#6,369420
2020s#6,392249
Before 19013.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2736.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4527.9%
Baby boom 1946–6415.7%
Generation X 1965–805.5%
Millennials 1981–964.9%
Generation Z 1997–124%
2013 and later2.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Clarice is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Clarice has been most common in North Dakota (6.5×), South Dakota (4.5×), and Minnesota (3.3×), and least common in Colorado (0.26×).

18,543 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Clarice

#2,366 Lucio · 10,616#2,367 Lucila · 10,611#2,369 Kristal · 10,596#2,370 Gabby · 10,587

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Clarice, most common first.

#5,004 Clarisa · 3,541#5,163 Clarke · 3,383#8,122 Clarisse · 1,800#14,685 Clarise · 798#16,419 Claris · 687#22,829 Clariza · 433#43,210 Clarece · 164#45,674 Clarese · 148

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