Clarice
Feminine · “bright”
Clarice is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 25,474 girls against 96 boys since 1880.
Clarice is brightness with a French ending. The Latin clarus means clear, bright and famous all at once, and it is the root of Clara, Clarissa, Claire and the English word 'clear'.
How old is the name Clarice?
Clarice was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Clarice alive today was born around 1933, making them about 92 years old. About 9,600 people named Clarice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Clarice most popular?
Clarice peaked in 1913, reaching #258 nationally. Today it ranks #3100, 2,842 places below that high. See the whole 1913 chart.
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Where it comes from
From clarus to Clarice
The story of Clarice
Clarice appears in medieval French romance and in Italian as Clarice, and it was in English use from the Middle Ages. Its most famous literary bearer is in Samuel Richardson's Clarissa of 1748, a novel of a million words that was among the most read of its century — and Clarissa is Clarice re-Latinized. American use of Clarice rose through the 1900s and peaked around 1930.
Meaning
bright, clear, famous
From the Latin clarus, which carried all three senses — visually bright, audibly clear, and famous — with no separation between them. The name Clarice is the medieval French form of Claritia, built on that root. Clarissa is a later Latinized form of the same name.
How the name formed
- clarus
- Claritia
- Clarice
Related forms: Clarisse · Clarice · Clarissa · Clarisa
Pronouncing Clarice
kluh-REESE
Two syllables, stress on the second. Italian gives it three — kla-REE-cheh — with the c said differently.
Nicknames for Clarice
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1921600 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #258reached in 1913
- Change vs 2022
- +62.5%52 in 2025, from 32
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Clarice in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Clarisse in French — spelling variant
- Clarice in Italian — same name
- Clarissa in English — related form
- Clarisa in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Clarices among us
people named Clarice are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 30,909 born in 2025 was named Clarice
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Clarice sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Clarice is headed
Clarice should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Clarice beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Clarice in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is transparent and unusually rich, carrying three senses at once.
- It is standard in Italian and French, so it crosses those borders unchanged.
- The end stress gives it a distinct rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- Clarissa and Clarisse are both close relatives and easily confused with it.
- It is period-coded to the first half of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Clarices are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,600 people named Clarice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Clarice in 2025?
- Clarice ranks #3100 among US girl names in 2025, with 52 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Clarice?
- About 1 in every 30,909 US girls born in 2025 was named Clarice — 52 in all.
- Will my child share the name Clarice with classmates?
- Clarice will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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