Clarice
Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, which ultimately derives from clara. It can also be a female form of the male name Clarence.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Clarice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Clarice is a female given name, an anglicization of the French Clarisse, derived from the Latin and Italian name Clarissa, which ultimately derives from clara. It can also be a female form of the male name Clarence.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Clarice
American parents first put Clarice on the record books as a baby girl name in 1880, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 600 Clarices were born — ranking #275 that year. About 22% of every Clarice on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Clarice ranks #3,139 for baby girls with 51 births, holding steady (0%). All told, over 26K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Clarice
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Clarice. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Clarice
Clarice is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 26K births in the dataset. Clarice's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #258. Use the chart and map above to compare Clarice's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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