Clark: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KLAHRK · 1 syllable

Clark means “clergyman; learned man”, from English.

From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.

How popular is Clark?

Clark was the #377 name in the US in 2025, given to 855 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Clark in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Clark are older than 60; most are between 21 and 83. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Clark have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Clark means “clergyman; learned man”. It comes from English.

Clark is pronounced KLAHRK.

Clark was the #377 name in the US in 2025, given to 855 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Clark are older than 60. Most are between 21 and 83.