Clark is a boy's name of English origin meaning “scribe.” In 2024 it was given to 725 boys in the United States.
Clark belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “scribe” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Clark first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #176 in 1881, and in 2024 725 babies received the name — 50,015 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Clark means “scribe” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Clark is a boy name. In 2024, 725 babies received the name in the US.
Clark comes from the English & American tradition.
Clark first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #176 in 1881, and 725 babies were given the name in 2024.
Clark is pronounced /klɑː(ɹ)k/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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