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How popular is “Clarke” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clarke” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Clarke” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Clarke” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Clarke” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Clarke” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Clarke” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clarke” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 -100%
1881 5 0.000025949 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 -100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 -100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 -100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 -100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 -100%
1914 16 0.000011297 16 -100%
1915 39 0.000021283 39 -100%
1916 22 0.000011373 22 -100%
1917 27 0.000013455 27 -100%
1918 34 0.00001566 34 -100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 -100%
1920 33 0.000014585 33 -100%
1921 37 0.000015849 37 -100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 -100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 33 0.000014143 33 -100%
1926 37 0.000016116 37 -100%
1927 27 0.000011641 27 -100%
1928 23 0.000010173 23 -100%
1929 28 0.000012773 28 -100%
1930 28 0.000012594 28 -100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 -100%
1932 31 0.000014683 31 -100%
1933 40 0.000020006 40 -100%
1934 43 0.000020705 43 -100%
1935 34 0.000016269 34 -100%
1936 44 0.000021179 44 -100%
1937 43 0.000020181 43 -100%
1938 38 0.000017175 38 -100%
1939 29 0.000013161 29 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 43 0.000017649 43 -100%
1942 41 0.000015008 41 -100%
1943 39 0.000013817 39 -100%
1944 39 0.000014498 39 -100%
1945 41 0.000015455 41 -100%
1946 50 0.000015648 50 -100%
1947 61 0.000016934 61 -100%
1948 42 0.000012165 42 -100%
1949 48 0.000013774 48 -100%
1950 49 0.000013987 49 -100%
1951 48 0.00001303 48 -100%
1952 53 0.000013955 53 -100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 -100%
1954 60 0.000015073 60 -100%
1955 60 0.000014944 60 -100%
1956 42 0.000010187 42 -100%
1957 46 0.000010947 46 -100%
1958 47 0.000011369 47 -100%
1959 50 0.000012025 50 -100%
1960 44 0.000010593 44 -100%
1961 52 0.000012553 52 -100%
1962 44 0.000010904 44 -100%
1963 53 0.00001339 53 -100%
1964 52 0.000013376 52 -100%
1965 30 0.000008275 30 -100%
1966 31 0.000008919 31 -100%
1967 40 0.000011782 40 -100%
1968 35 0.00001036 35 -100%
1969 36 0.000010359 36 -100%
1970 35 0.000009705 35 -100%
1971 24 0.000006992 24 -100%
1972 26 0.000008272 26 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 -100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 -100%
1976 29 0.000009557 29 -100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 -100%
1978 20 0.000006301 20 -100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 -100%
1980 24 0.000006968 24 -100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 -100%
1982 30 0.000008552 30 -100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 -100%
1984 23 0.000006593 23 -100%
1985 27 0.000007565 27 -100%
1986 33 0.000009277 33 -100%
1987 22 0.000006102 22 -100%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 -100%
1989 37 0.000009624 37 -100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 -100%
1991 57 0.000014633 22 35 -23%
1992 48 0.000012496 17 31 -29%
1993 54 0.000014323 25 29 -7%
1994 45 0.000012104 19 26 -16%
1995 62 0.00001693 16 46 -48%
1996 53 0.000014532 24 29 -9%
1997 35 0.000009653 15 20 -14%
1998 41 0.000011147 12 29 -41%
1999 36 0.000009746 11 25 -39%
2000 38 0.000010053 21 17 11%
2001 39 0.000010418 17 22 -13%
2002 39 0.000010433 16 23 -18%
2003 37 0.000009731 9 28 -51%
2004 37 0.000009684 19 18 3%
2005 31 0.000008063 12 19 -23%
2006 40 0.000010111 14 26 -30%
2007 38 0.000009506 15 23 -21%
2008 31 0.000007887 17 14 10%
2009 45 0.00001178 23 22 2%
2010 44 0.000011906 24 20 9%
2011 46 0.000012576 23 23 0%
2012 56 0.000015312 25 31 -11%
2013 51 0.000013989 19 32 -25%
2014 71 0.000019156 32 39 -10%
2015 85 0.000022967 49 36 15%
2016 137 0.000037343 76 61 11%
2017 134 0.00003747 95 39 42%
2018 133 0.000037828 92 41 38%
2019 168 0.000048402 115 53 37%
2020 187 0.000055978 142 45 52%
2021 192 0.000056671 152 40 58%
2022 177 0.000052318 139 38 57%
2023 157 0.000047415 132 25 68%
2024 142 0.000042662 107 35 51%

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