# Clarice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clarice/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “poor clare” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklæ.ɹɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 25,570 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 96 / 25,474 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 364, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarisse.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 4,017 |
| 2012 | 37 | 4,063 |
| 2013 | 37 | 4,020 |
| 2014 | 51 | 3,196 |
| 2015 | 42 | 3,667 |
| 2016 | 43 | 3,598 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,207 |
| 2018 | 48 | 3,302 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,735 |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,025 |
| 2021 | 45 | 3,449 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,398 |
| 2023 | 24 | 5,277 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,781 |
| 2025 | 52 | 3,111 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 5 | 1,786 |
| 1913 | 5 | 2,899 |
| 1917 | 6 | 3,626 |
| 1920 | 9 | 3,002 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,311 |
| 1926 | 6 | 3,781 |
| 1927 | 12 | 2,429 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3,414 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,627 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,657 |
| 1931 | 5 | 3,859 |
| 1932 | 5 | 3,866 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,732 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,348 |
| 1936 | 8 | 2,671 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Clarice

- Clarice Phelps, African American nuclear chemist
- Clarice Beckett, Australian artist (1887-1935)
- Clarice Taylor, actress (1917–2011)
- Clarice Falcão, Brazilian, singer, musician and actress
- Clarice Cliff, English ceramic artist (1899-1972)
- Marie-Josephine Gaudette, American-born Italian supercentenarian

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.