Clark
2025 SSA
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.
Clark is also given to girls, where it ranks #6373 in the US.
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 · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #383 | 814 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #372 | 868 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #378 | 867 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #380 | 861 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #376 | 855 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #390 | 804 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #388 | 792 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #396 | 793 | #4,991 | 26 |
| 2022 | #427 | 729 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #437 | 709 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #437 | 725 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #377 | 837 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Clark for boys
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Clark on lists
Famous Clarks
- (William) Clark GableBoy
American actor
- (Robert) Clark GreggBoy
American actor
- Clark HarrisBoy
American football player
- Clark Cromwell HaggansBoy
American football player
- Clark GilmerBoy
American female model
- Clark Otis MarsdenBoy
son of actor Jason Marsden
- William ClarkBoy
American explorer, soldier of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Clark GilliesBoy
Canadian ice hockey Hall of Famer
- Clark IngramBoy
singer/songwriter
- Gary Clark Jr. Boy
American guitarist, singer
- Caitlin Elizabeth ClarkGirl
American basketball player
Clark in pop culture
- ClarkBoy
character in "The Thing" series
- Clark "KalBoy
El" Kent, the mild,mannered reporter disguise of Superman
- Clark EdisonBoy
intern on American TV show "Bones"
- Clark GriswoldBoy
patriarch of the Griswold family in the "National Lampoon's Vacation" movies
- Clark SalingerBoy
from the TV series "Ed"
- Clark WilkinsBoy
character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Clark "Mouth" DevereauxBoy
character from the film "The Goonies," played by Corey Feldman
- Clark ThompsonBoy
character in the novel "Station Eleven"
- Clark HudsonBoy
a character on MTV's "Scream"
- "Clark"Girl
Song featured on the Minecraft soundtrack "C418"