Clarity
Clarity was the 1759th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 115 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,464 places. More babies were named Clarity in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Klarity) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #1,759 girls, up 662 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 115girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025115 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,014babies recorded
What does the name Clarity mean?
Clarity is a spelling of Klarity, pronounced the same way, so it shares Klarity's meaning and origin.
Klarity is a 21st-century American girls' name that spells the English word clarity with a K. Neither Wiktionary nor Wikipedia records it as a name. The word clarity comes through Middle English from Latin claritas, "clearness, brightness", from clarus, "clear", as the American Heritage Dictionary explains; the respelled name has no documented history of its own.
How sure is this? Not documented. A modern respelling of the word clarity; the respelling itself is not documented.
Related names: Clarity, Clara.
Sources for this meaning
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th ed., entry 'clarity' (etymology), HarperCollins / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Wiktionary, entry 'clarity', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Clarity popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,759 | 115 |
| 2020 | #2,421 | 72 |
| 2010 | #5,275 | 26 |
| 2000 | #15,555 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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How popular is Clarity, counting every spelling?
Clarity is a spelling of Klarity, a name family that ranked #627 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,759 for Clarity on its own. Together these spellings went to 465 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klarity | 344 | #791 | 479 |
| Clarity | 115 | #1,759 | 363 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Clarity?
115 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Clarity (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Clarity born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 73 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Clarity.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Clarity?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Clarity are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Clarity a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Clarity by state
How common Clarity was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Clarity: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Clarity, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Clarity
How popular is the name Clarity?
Clarity was the 1759th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 115 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,464 places. More babies were named Clarity in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Clarity a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Clarity in the US.
Where is Clarity most popular?
In 2021–2025, Clarity was most common in Florida (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.