# Clarke (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clarke/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,598 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,910 / 1,688 (30% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 433, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 23 | 5,780 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,433 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,525 |
| 2014 | 32 | 4,483 |
| 2015 | 49 | 3,306 |
| 2016 | 76 | 2,429 |
| 2017 | 95 | 2,059 |
| 2018 | 92 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 115 | 1,774 |
| 2020 | 142 | 1,504 |
| 2021 | 152 | 1,420 |
| 2022 | 139 | 1,542 |
| 2023 | 133 | 1,583 |
| 2024 | 108 | 1,855 |
| 2025 | 140 | 1,519 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,250 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,460 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,348 |
| 2014 | 39 | 2,941 |
| 2015 | 36 | 3,164 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,213 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,018 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,900 |
| 2019 | 53 | 2,493 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,736 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,030 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,167 |
| 2023 | 25 | 4,245 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,344 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,193 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 37 | 833 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Clarke

- Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (1957–2012)
- Clarke Abel, British surgeon and naturalist (1780–1826)
- Clarke Peters, American actor, singer, writer and director
- Clarke Scholes, American swimmer (1930–2010)
- Clarke Carlisle, English association football player (born 1979)
- Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player
- Jerome Clarke Hunsaker, American aviator (1886–1984)
- Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, English suffragist
- Samuel C. Pomeroy, American politician (1816-1891)
- Nile Kinnick, American football player
- Elliot Stuart, English badminton player

## 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.