NameTides

Clark

Clark was the #377 boys' name in the US in 2025 (837 babies), and #845 in England & Wales and #355 in Canada.

Clark as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Clark as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Clark as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#377 (837)#845 (38)#226 (18)——#355 (94)
2024#437 (726)#945 (33)#382 (9)#404 (3)—#333 (98)
2023#439 (709)#827 (39)#366 (9)—#770 (3)#336 (89)
2022#427 (729)#746 (44)#425 (7)#352 (4)—#342 (91)
2021#396 (794)#751 (45)#297 (13)#374 (4)#631 (4)#299 (115)
2020#387 (793)#568 (64)#239 (17)#392 (3)—#274 (121)
2019#389 (805)#491 (80)#355 (9)—#646 (4)#278 (121)
2018#376 (855)#446 (92)#392 (8)#416 (3)—#262 (134)
2017#381 (861)#390 (114)#217 (23)—#710 (3)#258 (141)
2016#378 (867)#380 (119)#256 (17)——#219 (166)
2015#372 (868)#414 (101)#287 (14)#415 (3)#699 (3)#250 (143)
2014#383 (814)#355 (118)#336 (11)——#266 (129)
2013#456 (617)#514 (72)#399 (8)——#290 (113)
2012#551 (473)#704 (47)#434 (7)——#396 (73)
2011#619 (385)#812 (37)#345 (10)#311 (4)—#535 (49)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #175.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Clark is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clark by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #285WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #336WAIdaho: #214IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #287MNIllinois: #350ILMichigan: #294MINew York: #434NYMassachusetts: #264MAOregon: #230ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #283OHPennsylvania: #397PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #472CAUtah: #185UTColorado: #318CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #336MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #329VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #398NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #407GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #439TXFlorida: #543FL
Clark (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#25853

Clark (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClarkCanadaBoys#35594
ClarkEngland & WalesBoys#84538
ClarkIrelandBoys—too few
ClarkNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ClarkNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ClarkScotlandBoys#22618
ClarkUSGirls#6,32518
ClarkUSBoys#377837