girls:
985 births since 1899
#4731 (17th percentile)
boys:
77 births since 1917
#4509 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1899
#6677 (14th percentile)
The name Claris is the #6,677 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,062 recorded births since 1899. This represents the 13.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,731 (17.2% percentile) for all time with 985 births since 1899. For boys, it ranks #4,509 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 77 births since 1917.
Claris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1899 (1899 for girls and 1917 for boys). Birth data for Claris is available in 61 out of the 124 years between 1899 and 2022 (61 years for girls and 12 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Claris has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Claris reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #557) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Claris reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #539) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1940.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Claris".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Claris", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 11 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Clarice" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Clarice..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Claris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Claris is pronounced as KLEH-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KLAH-rihs, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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