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Clarice

Gender
Girl
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,100 for girls

Clarice is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).

What does Clarice mean?

French

A female given name from French.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Clarice a girl's or a boy's name?

Clarice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Clarice in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady much the same
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Clarice, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 34 girls.

Half of all the girls named Clarice in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 34 in 19962025
Clarice in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20244#4,907
20237#3,388
20225#4,168
20214#4,864
20207#3,274
20193#5,804
20185#4,204
20175#4,250
20168#3,105
20157#3,433
201410#2,618
20138#3,060
201210#2,666
20117#3,360
20109#2,741
20096#3,603
200818#1,620
200714#1,874
200614#1,764
200513#1,807
200417#1,399
200314#1,564
200228#904
200134#783
200013#1,502
199919#1,149
199820#1,123
199727#895
199634#733

How popular is Clarice in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,100th among girls
Babies in 2025
52 about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Clarice, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 600 girls.

Half of all the girls named Clarice in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 600 in 19212025
Clarice in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202552#3,100
202461#2,775
202324#5,245
202232#4,376
202145#3,434
202035#4,004
201940#3,717
201848#3,292
201750#3,192
201643#3,588
201542#3,649
201451#3,182
201337#4,000
201237#4,046
201137#3,998
201035#4,179
200939#3,943
200847#3,477
200762#2,890
200649#3,315
200569#2,499
200469#2,443
200375#2,257
200291#1,932
2001116#1,594
200070#2,232
199979#1,972
199860#2,335
199780#1,842
199673#1,945
199570#1,950
199466#2,074
199384#1,749
199283#1,757
199188#1,671
199070#1,948
198963#1,993
198883#1,578
198779#1,580
198682#1,505
198564#1,759
198484#1,388
198368#1,629
1982102#1,262
198189#1,382
198074#1,570
197981#1,471
197881#1,422
197799#1,225
1976143#917
197593#1,229
197460#1,578
197374#1,349
197279#1,289
197181#1,322
197079#1,330
196976#1,290
196887#1,157
196787#1,133
1966102#1,022
1965106#1,013
1964119#969
1963102#1,065
1962141#890
1961135#922
1960168#789
1959167#789
1958218#669
1957219#664
1956208#664
1955248#579
1954253#556
1953269#523
1952274#509
1951225#569
1950243#531
1949255#511
1948253#516
1947262#511
1946246#496
1945209#507
1944265#441
1943274#450
1942363#370
1941325#376
1940309#373
1939332#358
1938352#340
1937371#322
1936393#304
1935398#310
1934439#295
1933435#290
1932460#292
1931508#276
1930536#279
1929547#273
1928568#273
1927581#274
1926536#287
1925594#272
1924554#280
1923530#280
1922533#282
1921600#275
1920553#277
1919542#274
1918548#272
1917491#278
1916484#273
1915470#270
1914300#301
1913319#258
1912254#284
1911194#278
1910182#287
1909149#294
1908141#297
1907138#298
1906136#285
1905114#315
190498#330
190382#351
1902120#287
1901107#289
1900113#310
189979#338
189869#374
189766#362
189684#316
189551#393
189463#349
189353#370
189232#479
189128#483
189022#558
188930#439
188819#572
188710#733
188619#508
188519#484
188418#479
188310#615
18828#678
18818#623
18809#580

Names like Clarice

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Charlotte, Alice, Florence, Eleanor, Georgia, Anna, Grace, Sophie, Josephine, Lucy, Elsie, Rosie

Names related to Clarice

Clarke

More French names

Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Clarice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clarice, updated 20 October 2026.