# Clarisse (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clarisse/  
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 | /kləˈriːs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,701 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,701 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 90, 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 Clarice.

## 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 | 21 | 6,193 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,665 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,800 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,063 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,355 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,171 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,872 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,586 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,664 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,519 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,032 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,358 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,012 |
| 2024 | 26 | 5,049 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,759 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | 1,843 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## People named Clarisse

- Clarisse Agbegnenou, French and Togolese judoka
- Clarisse Doris Hellman, American historian of science (1910–1973)
- Clarisse Coignet, French moral philosopher
- Clarisse Crémer, French offshore sailor
- Clarisse Bader, French writer

## 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.