Clarke

“Variant of Clark — Clerk, scholar, or cleric” — Latin via Old English origin

Girl's name · #1519 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Clarke is near its high-water mark: it reached #1420 in 2021 and still ranked #1519 in 2025. About 1,700 girls have carried it since 1991. It is also an American family name — about 68,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data.

Around the world: about 1 in 9,200 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

In stories & tradition

Clarke Griffin — The 100

What Clarkes become

Among 76 notable people named Clarke:

Similar names: Ridley · Klara · Blayke · Harlem · Harlowe · Klaire

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