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Its wave through time A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1994 per 100,000 babies of that sex 3,120 babies given this name since 1911 At its height in 1994, about 1 in 5,500 girls 17 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.