Clarke

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Clarke: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Clarke: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #262 in 2009, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#262highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2015–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2015	#5730
2016	#2367
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2020	#5493
2021	#3519
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #352 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1692 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2022
Highest recorded position: #262 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2009 (recorded 2002–2022).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Clarke appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 383 births with the name.

Clarke across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Clarke's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#833 (2015)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	383 (1996–2024)	37 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#281 (2002)	#262 (2009)	#352 (2022)	11 of 21	40 (2002–2022)	6 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#5730 (2015)	#2367 (2016)	#5669 (2022)	7 of 8	37 (2015–2022)	11 (2016)

Clarke by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Clarke in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	4 of 10	11
2000s	96	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	182	10 of 10	18
2020s	63	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Clarke appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #262 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Clarke's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1097	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1157	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#833	37	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1669	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #262, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Clarisse · #764, 19y
Clark · #271, 29y
Claude · #818, 27y
Claudia · #36, 65y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Corinna · #262, 34y
Dhruv · #262, 30y
Aminah · #263, 30y
Feidhlim · #263, 31y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Blossom · #262, 30y
Dhruv · #262, 30y
Kayce · #262, 18y
Aminah · #263, 30y

Clarke was ranked #262 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2009. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Clarke and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Clarke without appearing here.

Clarke moved ahead of

Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4678 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1421 and #4632.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4678 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1669 and #4805.
Robyn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1617 and #4685.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Clarke

Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #2674.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1128 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1962 and #1092.
Jordan Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2925.

Moved the opposite way to Clarke

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clarke went from #914 to #2443 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clarke went from #1281 to #2443 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clarke went from #1281 to #2443 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clarke went from #1281 to #2443 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.

Moved the same way as Clarke

Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Clarke went from #914 to #2007 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clarke went from #1128 to #2443 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #262 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Clarke

Clarke at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Clarke across 3 official records

Clarke by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Clarke appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Clarke

Clarke and the names beside it

Clarke moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Clarke

Moved the opposite way to Clarke

Moved the same way as Clarke

Clarke at a glance

Clarke across 3 official records

Clarke by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Clarke appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Clarke

Clarke and the names beside it

Clarke moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Clarke

Moved the opposite way to Clarke

Moved the same way as Clarke