Clark
Boy · KLARK · English
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Clark is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “clerk, scribe”. In 2025 it ranked 703rd for boys in the UK (56 babies) and 377th for boys in the US (837 babies).
What does Clark mean?
English: English occupational surname, from Latin clericus
“clerk, scribe”
Clark Kent, the mild-mannered alter ego of Superman, is a famous fictional bearer.
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- KLARK
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Is Clark a girl's or a boy's name?
Clark is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the UK and 18 girls and 837 boys in the US.
How popular is Clark in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #703among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 5,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the UK were named Clark, making it the 703rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 509th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 137 boys.
Half of all the boys named Clark in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the UK were given Clark or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #586, up from #703 for this spelling alone.
- Clark 56
- Clarke 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales and 226th in Scotland.
Clark in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #703 |
| 2024 | 45 | #813 |
| 2023 | 48 | #770 |
| 2022 | 55 | #700 |
| 2021 | 62 | #654 |
| 2020 | 84 | #509 |
| 2019 | 89 | #500 |
| 2018 | 103 | #448 |
| 2017 | 137 | #380 |
| 2016 | 136 | #379 |
| 2015 | 118 | #406 |
| 2014 | 129 | #370 |
| 2013 | 80 | #524 |
| 2012 | 54 | #695 |
| 2011 | 51 | #701 |
| 2010 | 53 | #670 |
| 2009 | 39 | #818 |
| 2008 | 34 | #885 |
| 2007 | 38 | #796 |
| 2006 | 38 | #755 |
| 2005 | 32 | #832 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 31 | #611 |
| 1996 | 31 | #590 |
How popular is Clark in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #377among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 837about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 837 boys in the US were named Clark, making it the 377th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 387th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 879 boys. 18 girls were also named Clark in 2025 (6,324th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Clark than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Clark in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clark in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 837 | #377 |
| 2024 | 726 | #437 |
| 2023 | 709 | #439 |
| 2022 | 729 | #427 |
| 2021 | 794 | #396 |
| 2020 | 793 | #387 |
| 2019 | 805 | #389 |
| 2018 | 855 | #376 |
| 2017 | 861 | #381 |
| 2016 | 867 | #378 |
| 2015 | 868 | #372 |
| 2014 | 814 | #383 |
| 2013 | 617 | #456 |
| 2012 | 473 | #551 |
| 2011 | 385 | #619 |
| 2010 | 335 | #695 |
| 2009 | 336 | #708 |
| 2008 | 341 | #695 |
| 2007 | 385 | #631 |
| 2006 | 323 | #692 |
| 2005 | 245 | #791 |
| 2004 | 262 | #727 |
| 2003 | 220 | #790 |
| 2002 | 211 | #808 |
| 2001 | 201 | #817 |
| 2000 | 218 | #759 |
| 1999 | 226 | #722 |
| 1998 | 222 | #734 |
| 1997 | 245 | #666 |
| 1996 | 261 | #641 |
| 1995 | 285 | #606 |
| 1994 | 268 | #633 |
| 1993 | 264 | #634 |
| 1992 | 276 | #619 |
| 1991 | 303 | #582 |
| 1990 | 342 | #535 |
| 1989 | 341 | #518 |
| 1988 | 319 | #514 |
| 1987 | 301 | #518 |
| 1986 | 318 | #491 |
| 1985 | 284 | #517 |
| 1984 | 302 | #480 |
| 1983 | 323 | #465 |
| 1982 | 305 | #487 |
| 1981 | 260 | #521 |
| 1980 | 261 | #533 |
| 1979 | 243 | #548 |
| 1978 | 213 | #574 |
| 1977 | 256 | #512 |
| 1976 | 197 | #581 |
| 1975 | 224 | #535 |
| 1974 | 197 | #572 |
| 1973 | 227 | #522 |
| 1972 | 272 | #477 |
| 1971 | 324 | #451 |
| 1970 | 381 | #418 |
| 1969 | 411 | #387 |
| 1968 | 426 | #376 |
| 1967 | 469 | #344 |
| 1966 | 528 | #324 |
| 1965 | 624 | #300 |
| 1964 | 668 | #304 |
| 1963 | 729 | #287 |
| 1962 | 798 | #271 |
| 1961 | 879 | #268 |
| 1960 | 608 | #317 |
| 1959 | 632 | #307 |
| 1958 | 670 | #293 |
| 1957 | 638 | #299 |
| 1956 | 709 | #276 |
| 1955 | 724 | #255 |
| 1954 | 717 | #262 |
| 1953 | 646 | #273 |
| 1952 | 637 | #274 |
| 1951 | 634 | #268 |
| 1950 | 624 | #262 |
| 1949 | 595 | #273 |
| 1948 | 551 | #287 |
| 1947 | 596 | #281 |
| 1946 | 523 | #279 |
| 1945 | 424 | #289 |
| 1944 | 437 | #283 |
| 1943 | 503 | #270 |
| 1942 | 538 | #245 |
| 1941 | 456 | #262 |
| 1940 | 427 | #272 |
| 1939 | 396 | #276 |
| 1938 | 488 | #240 |
| 1937 | 433 | #260 |
| 1936 | 437 | #254 |
| 1935 | 376 | #280 |
| 1934 | 429 | #262 |
| 1933 | 370 | #273 |
| 1932 | 336 | #304 |
| 1931 | 243 | #358 |
| 1930 | 255 | #359 |
| 1929 | 243 | #367 |
| 1928 | 240 | #379 |
| 1927 | 293 | #334 |
| 1926 | 264 | #359 |
| 1925 | 272 | #358 |
| 1924 | 283 | #351 |
| 1923 | 328 | #321 |
| 1922 | 326 | #317 |
| 1921 | 357 | #301 |
| 1920 | 308 | #332 |
| 1919 | 327 | #301 |
| 1918 | 327 | #308 |
| 1917 | 345 | #275 |
| 1916 | 336 | #278 |
| 1915 | 289 | #296 |
| 1914 | 242 | #286 |
| 1913 | 191 | #288 |
| 1912 | 187 | #256 |
| 1911 | 68 | #334 |
| 1910 | 71 | #291 |
| 1909 | 51 | #321 |
| 1908 | 54 | #296 |
| 1907 | 43 | #324 |
| 1906 | 53 | #270 |
| 1905 | 48 | #284 |
| 1904 | 46 | #277 |
| 1903 | 49 | #263 |
| 1902 | 31 | #355 |
| 1901 | 52 | #237 |
| 1900 | 75 | #230 |
| 1899 | 46 | #246 |
| 1898 | 42 | #279 |
| 1897 | 58 | #222 |
| 1896 | 58 | #237 |
| 1895 | 53 | #245 |
| 1894 | 50 | #240 |
| 1893 | 50 | #246 |
| 1892 | 61 | #223 |
| 1891 | 36 | #269 |
| 1890 | 51 | #233 |
| 1889 | 51 | #226 |
| 1888 | 45 | #262 |
| 1887 | 54 | #210 |
| 1886 | 49 | #243 |
| 1885 | 45 | #245 |
| 1884 | 55 | #227 |
| 1883 | 45 | #237 |
| 1882 | 54 | #222 |
| 1881 | 66 | #175 |
| 1880 | 49 | #236 |
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