Clark
2025 SSA
About Clark
Clark seemed to have been Gone with the Wind, but parents looking for a short, strong boy's name are now beginning to appreciate its cool combination of Gable charm with Superman power.
Clark has been steadily on the popularity list—it was Number 176 in 1881 and well used in the 1940s and 50s, and is now on another upswing.
Long-term Hollywood heartthrob Clark Gable was born William Clark—his middle name was the maiden name of his maternal grandmother.
Pronounced KLARK.
As of October 2026, Clark ranked #377 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #176 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #156.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #383 | 814 | 423.8 |
| 2015 | #372 | 868 | 452.9 |
| 2016 | #378 | 867 | 456.9 |
| 2017 | #380 | 861 | 465.2 |
| 2018 | #376 | 855 | 470.8 |
| 2019 | #390 | 804 | 448.1 |
| 2020 | #388 | 792 | 458.8 |
| 2021 | #396 | 793 | 453.3 |
| 2022 | #427 | 729 | 417.5 |
| 2023 | #437 | 709 | 414.5 |
| 2024 | #437 | 725 | 420.8 |
| 2025 | #377 | 837 | 490 |
World rankings
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Clark on lists
Famous Clarks
- (William) Clark Gable
American actor
- (Robert) Clark Gregg
American actor
- Clark Harris
American football player
- Clark Cromwell Haggans
American football player
- Clark Gilmer
American female model
- Clark Otis Marsden
son of actor Jason Marsden
- William Clark
American explorer, soldier of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Clark Gillies
Canadian ice hockey Hall of Famer
- Clark Ingram
singer/songwriter
- Gary Clark Jr.
American guitarist, singer
Clark in pop culture
- Clark
character in "The Thing" series
- Clark "Kal
El" Kent, the mild,mannered reporter disguise of Superman
- Clark Edison
intern on American TV show "Bones"
- Clark Griswold
patriarch of the Griswold family in the "National Lampoon's Vacation" movies
- Clark Salinger
from the TV series "Ed"
- Clark Wilkins
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Clark "Mouth" Devereaux
character from the film "The Goonies," played by Corey Feldman
- Clark Thompson
character in the novel "Station Eleven"
- Clark Hudson
a character on MTV's "Scream"