Clarke

Girl's name · #1519 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Clarke is near its high-water mark: it reached #1420 in 2021 and still ranked #1519 in 2025. About 1,700 girls have carried it since 1991.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

See how Clarke ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,315 in Canada (2025) · #4,867 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,127 in Ecuador (2025) · #4,213 in France (2023) · #680 in Scotland (2018).

It is also an American family name — about 68,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Arthur C. Clarke — British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
Emilia Clarke — English actress (born 1986)
Cam Clarke — American voice actor (born 1957)

Among 76 notable people named Clarke:

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