Clary
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Clary is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “bright, clear”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Clary mean?
Latin: spelling of Clarie, itself a variant of Clare or Clary, from Latin clarus
“bright, clear”
Variant of Clare or Clary, ultimately from the Latin word clarus.
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Meaning borrowed from Clarie.
Is Clary a girl's or a boy's name?
Clary is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clary in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Clary, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Clary in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clary in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
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