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Its wave through time Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1884 Boys 1896 per 100,000 babies of that sex 33,096 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1894, about 1 in 4,000 girls 328 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Gloria Girl Latin and Spanish 'glory', associated with Our Lady of Glory and the hymn Gloria in excelsis. Victorian · peak 1945 Clarence Boy From the title Duke of Clarence, named after Clare in Suffolk. Victorian · peak 1886 Clara Girl Latin clara 'clear, bright, famous'. Middle Ages · peak 1890 Clark Boy From an English surname, 'clerk, cleric, scholar'. Victorian · peak 1881 Clarissa Girl Latinized form of Clarice, from Latin clarus 'clear, bright, famous'. Revolutions · peak 1995 Kyler Boy A modern American coinage, perhaps a blend of Kyle and Tyler; a Dutch surname Kuyler is sometimes cited. Modern · peak 2019 Guillermo Boy From Germanic wil 'will, desire' and helm 'helmet, protection'. Colonial · peak 1996 Clarice Girl From medieval Latin Claritia, from clarus 'clear, bright, famous'. Middle Ages · peak 1906 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.