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.

Clark

#505 most common boys' name of all time · #1,086 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#505
Rank overall
#1,086 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
51,205
Since 2016
8,175
Peak year
2015 #372
Best rank
#177 1881
Girls Boys peak 883/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Clark is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 18 837 855 #377
2024 20 726 746 #437
2023 17 709 726 #439
2022 16 729 745 #427
2021 26 794 820 #396
2020 23 793 816 #387
2019 22 805 827 #389
2018 21 855 876 #376
2017 20 861 881 #381
2016 16 867 883 #378
2015 15 868 883 #372
2014 7 814 821 #383
2013 12 617 629 #456
2012 473 473 #551
2011 7 385 392 #619
2010 5 335 340 #695
2009 336 336 #708
2008 341 341 #696
2007 7 385 392 #631
2006 323 323 #692
2005 6 245 251 #791
2004 262 262 #727
2003 220 220 #793
2002 211 211 #809
2001 201 201 #818
2000 218 218 #760
1999 226 226 #724
1998 222 222 #735
1997 5 245 250 #666
1996 261 261 #642
1995 285 285 #607
1994 268 268 #634
1993 6 264 270 #636
1992 8 276 284 #621
1991 303 303 #583
1990 342 342 #536
1989 5 341 346 #519
1988 319 319 #515
1987 301 301 #518
1986 5 318 323 #491
1985 284 284 #517
1984 302 302 #480
1983 5 323 328 #465
1982 305 305 #487
1981 260 260 #521
1980 261 261 #533
1979 243 243 #548
1978 213 213 #575
1977 256 256 #512
1976 197 197 #581
1975 224 224 #536
1974 197 197 #572
1973 227 227 #522
1972 272 272 #477
1971 324 324 #451
1970 381 381 #419
1969 411 411 #389
1968 5 426 431 #376
1967 9 469 478 #344
1966 528 528 #324
1965 624 624 #300
1964 668 668 #304
1963 729 729 #287
1962 5 798 803 #271
1961 879 879 #268
1960 608 608 #317
1959 632 632 #307
1958 670 670 #293
1957 5 638 643 #300
1956 709 709 #277
1955 724 724 #256
1954 717 717 #262
1953 646 646 #274
1952 637 637 #274
1951 634 634 #269
1950 624 624 #262
1949 5 595 600 #273
1948 551 551 #287
1947 596 596 #282
1946 523 523 #280
1945 5 424 429 #289
1944 437 437 #284
1943 6 503 509 #270
1942 538 538 #245
1941 456 456 #262
1940 427 427 #272
1939 396 396 #276
1938 488 488 #241
1937 433 433 #260
1936 437 437 #254
1935 376 376 #280
1934 429 429 #262
1933 370 370 #274
1932 336 336 #304
1931 243 243 #359
1930 5 255 260 #360
1929 243 243 #368
1928 240 240 #379
1927 293 293 #335
1926 264 264 #359
1925 272 272 #358
1924 283 283 #351
1923 5 328 333 #322
1922 326 326 #317
1921 357 357 #301
1920 5 308 313 #333
1919 327 327 #302
1918 7 327 334 #308
1917 345 345 #276
1916 336 336 #278
1915 289 289 #296
1914 242 242 #286
1913 191 191 #289
1912 187 187 #258
1911 68 68 #334
1910 71 71 #292
1909 51 51 #321
1908 54 54 #298
1907 43 43 #325
1906 53 53 #271
1905 48 48 #284
1904 46 46 #280
1903 49 49 #264
1902 31 31 #355
1901 52 52 #239
1900 75 75 #232
1899 46 46 #246
1898 42 42 #280
1897 58 58 #226
1896 58 58 #237
1895 53 53 #245
1894 50 50 #242
1893 50 50 #248
1892 61 61 #224
1891 36 36 #270
1890 51 51 #234
1889 51 51 #226
1888 45 45 #264
1887 54 54 #214
1886 49 49 #245
1885 45 45 #246
1884 55 55 #228
1883 45 45 #238
1882 54 54 #222
1881 66 66 #177
1880 49 49 #237