Spellings
Clark or Clarke?
In the US in 2025, 83% of babies in this name family were spelled Clark and 17% Clarke. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Clark already led in 2015, with 95% of the family's births; it has 86% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 917 to 977 births (+7%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | 868 | 837 | steady |
| Clarke | 49 | 140 | ×3 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈklɑrk/ (KLARK). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Clark 20 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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