Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Clarity

#7,003 most common girls' name of all time · #11,770 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among girls
#7,003
Rank overall
#11,770 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
1,014
Since 2016
639
Peak year
2025 #1,763
Best rank
#1,763 2025
Girls Boys peak 115/yr
198020002020

Clarity first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 115 115 #1,763
2024 58 58 #2,877
2023 57 57 #2,956
2022 68 68 #2,595
2021 65 65 #2,657
2020 72 72 #2,429
2019 59 59 #2,835
2018 50 50 #3,221
2017 59 59 #2,852
2016 36 36 #4,120
2015 51 51 #3,237
2014 64 64 #2,728
2013 38 38 #3,959
2012 28 28 #5,037
2011 17 17 #7,237
2010 26 26 #5,327
2009 21 21 #6,428
2008 22 22 #6,231
2007 15 15 #8,272
2006 10 10 #10,898
2005 10 10 #10,404
2004 16 16 #7,209
2003 6 6 #14,456
2002 9 9 #10,571
2001 9 9 #10,475
2000 5 5 #15,818
1999 6 6 #13,314
1998 5 5 #14,949
1997 7 7 #11,347
1982 5 5 #11,711
1977 5 5 #11,004