Clarice

“Variant of Clarissa — Bright, clear, famous” — Latin origin

Girl's name · #3100 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Clarice has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #258 (1913) · 25,474 babies named Clarice all-time · 1 in 33,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,100 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 11,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Clarices

Clarice Lispector — Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)
Clarice Orsini — wife of Lorenzo de' Medici
Clarice de' Medici — Italian noble (1493-1528)
Clarice Benini — Italian chess player (1905-1976)
Clarice Phelps — African American nuclear chemist

In stories & tradition

Clarice Starling — Hannibal · The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice (Blink) — Uncanny X-Men · Wolverine and the X-Men
Clarice — Two Chips and a Miss

What Clarices become

Among 85 notable people named Clarice:

Artists & writers appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977).

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