as a First Name
Latinate form of Clarice occasionally found in medieval documents. It was revived by Samuel Richardson as the name of the central character in his novel Clarissa (1748) and has since remained in moderate use.
| 1,214th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 23,534
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 30,420
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Texas
- has the most people named Clarissa per capita
- 1995
- marked the height of its popularity
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21%
30-54
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33%
13-29
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44%
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