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Clarisse

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Clarisse is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 26 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
260.00% of girls
Peak year
200245 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1899
1,681people given the name
Babies named Clarisse, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,681 girls have been named Clarisse in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2002, with 45 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 2000s alone account for 17%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Clarisse
1890s6
1900s36
1910s77
1920s145
1930s105
1940s84
1950s119
1960s81
1970s103
1980s129
1990s236
2000s278
2010s183
2020s99

In 2002, its biggest year

Clarisse was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2002 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Emma and Alexis. See all of 2002.

Names that rose and fell with Clarisse

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.