How Many People Are Named Clarice?
people named Clarice are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,142 people in the US has this name
Based on 25,570 babies named Clarice in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
600 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval vernacular form of the Late Latin name Claritia, which was a derivative of CLARA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Clarice in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Clarice alive today is about 58 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 38 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Clarice first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 600 babies. In 2025, 52 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Clarice has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #258, in 1913. In 2025 it ranked #3,111.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,111 |
| Best rank | #258 (1913) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #276 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Clarice alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Clarice were born in California than in any other state: about 818 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Clarice was given 4.2 times as often in North Dakota, 3.2 times in South Dakota and 3.1 times in Minnesota.
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