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.

Clarke**

#1,619 most common boys' name of all time · #3,924 across all names · 70% male / 30% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,619
Rank overall
#3,924 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
5,598
Since 2016
1,606
Peak year
2021 #3,023
Best rank
#846 1880
Girls Boys peak 192/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Clarke 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 140 37 177 #3,183
2024 108 35 143 #3,337
2023 133 25 158 #4,227
2022 139 38 177 #3,153
2021 152 40 192 #3,023
2020 142 45 187 #2,728
2019 115 53 168 #2,494
2018 92 41 133 #2,896
2017 95 39 134 #3,007
2016 76 61 137 #2,210
2015 49 36 85 #3,152
2014 32 39 71 #2,932
2013 19 32 51 #3,341
2012 25 31 56 #3,453
2011 23 23 46 #4,227
2010 24 20 44 #4,685
2009 23 22 45 #4,437
2008 17 14 31 #6,076
2007 15 23 38 #4,246
2006 14 26 40 #3,787
2005 12 19 31 #4,472
2004 19 18 37 #4,607
2003 9 28 37 #3,286
2002 16 23 39 #3,673
2001 17 22 39 #3,728
2000 21 17 38 #4,395
1999 11 25 36 #3,188
1998 12 29 41 #2,785
1997 15 20 35 #3,464
1996 24 29 53 #2,593
1995 16 46 62 #1,865
1994 19 27 46 #2,691
1993 25 29 54 #2,519
1992 17 31 48 #2,370
1991 22 35 57 #2,100
1990 — 35 35 #2,088
1989 — 37 37 #1,956
1988 — 32 32 #1,992
1987 — 22 22 #2,473
1986 — 33 33 #1,841
1985 — 27 27 #2,077
1984 — 23 23 #2,238
1983 — 35 35 #1,655
1982 — 30 30 #1,855
1981 — 25 25 #2,093
1980 — 24 24 #2,166
1979 — 11 11 #3,583
1978 — 20 20 #2,285
1977 — 18 18 #2,473
1976 — 29 29 #1,751
1975 — 18 18 #2,371
1974 — 27 27 #1,752
1973 — 24 24 #1,826
1972 — 26 26 #1,729
1971 — 24 24 #1,826
1970 — 35 35 #1,423
1969 — 36 36 #1,326
1968 — 35 35 #1,289
1967 — 40 40 #1,184
1966 — 31 31 #1,380
1965 — 30 30 #1,407
1964 — 52 52 #1,048
1963 — 53 53 #1,041
1962 — 44 44 #1,173
1961 — 52 52 #1,082
1960 — 44 44 #1,183
1959 — 50 50 #1,094
1958 — 47 47 #1,120
1957 — 46 46 #1,135
1956 — 42 42 #1,177
1955 — 60 60 #972
1954 — 60 60 #957
1953 — 36 36 #1,248
1952 — 53 53 #985
1951 — 48 48 #1,024
1950 — 49 49 #995
1949 — 48 48 #1,008
1948 — 42 42 #1,092
1947 — 61 61 #892
1946 — 50 50 #948
1945 — 41 41 #996
1944 — 39 39 #1,061
1943 — 39 39 #1,093
1942 — 41 41 #1,060
1941 — 43 43 #979
1940 — 35 35 #1,112
1939 — 29 29 #1,221
1938 — 38 38 #1,049
1937 — 43 43 #959
1936 — 44 44 #928
1935 — 34 34 #1,128
1934 — 43 43 #972
1933 — 40 40 #1,019
1932 — 31 31 #1,222
1931 — 26 26 #1,366
1930 — 28 28 #1,377
1929 — 28 28 #1,344
1928 — 23 23 #1,575
1927 — 27 27 #1,445
1926 — 37 37 #1,177
1925 — 33 33 #1,256
1924 — 29 29 #1,388
1923 — 30 30 #1,326
1922 — 38 38 #1,165
1921 — 37 37 #1,183
1920 — 33 33 #1,256
1919 — 28 28 #1,356
1918 — 34 34 #1,197
1917 — 27 27 #1,332
1916 — 22 22 #1,511
1915 — 39 39 #1,020
1914 — 16 16 #1,551
1913 — 17 17 #1,270
1912 — 17 17 #1,144
1910 — 6 6 #1,456
1909 — 6 6 #1,315
1905 — 6 6 #1,134
1904 — 6 6 #1,107
1903 — 8 8 #867
1896 — 6 6 #1,025
1890 — 5 5 #1,045
1887 — 5 5 #975
1881 — 5 5 #910
1880 — 6 6 #846