A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Clarice
buttoned · archival · deliberate
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenDerived from medieval French, the name stems from Late Latin Clara, meaning clear or bright. It entered English use after the Norman Conquest. American parents took to it in the late nineteenth century as a softer alternative to Clara.
Also answers toClara, Reese, Clary
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 600 souls, A.D. 1921 2025
2025: 52 born, holding steady
Estimated Age
59 yrs
Most Clarices were born around 1953 — taped songs off the radio and timed it well.
Peak Reign
1921
№275 that year
Generation
Boomer, 34%
then Silent 22% · Gen X 14%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈26K ever born · holding steady
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Clarice grew up with
SSA DataTV dinners·duck-and-cover drills·Davy Crockett caps
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Clarice peaked in 1921.
Estimated average age: 59.
What people think
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Clarice sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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Public Opinion Ledger
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The public has not yet weighed in on Clarice. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenThe name suggests linen stationery and precise enunciation. For decades it belonged squarely to great-aunts with immaculate tea sets. In 1991, cinema permanently tethered it to an FBI trainee in a basement interview room. Today the name reads as orderly, disciplined, and slightly watchful. It has never once been shouted casually across a gymnasium.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name saw its high-water mark in 1921 with six hundred births before settling into a long, quiet plateau.
Field Note 02
More than half of all living bearers belong to the Silent and Baby Boom generations, giving the name an average age near fifty-nine.
Field Note 03
Annual counts have leveled off to around fifty births per year, avoiding both revival stampedes and outright extinction.
Notable Clarices
AI-WrittenClarice Lispectornovelist and short-story writer, b. 1920
Clarice Cliffceramic artist and designer, b. 1899
Clarice Taylorstage and television actress, b. 1917
Ephemera — If Clarice were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Savannah
Color
Parchment
Object
Fountain pen with blue-black ink
Job
Rare books conservator
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