How Many People Are Named Cloris?
An estimated 72 people in the United States have the first name Cloris. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 42 years old, and Cloris peaked in popularity in 1975 with 9 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cloris as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cloris paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Cloris is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
72
About 1 in 4,760,477 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
42
years old
Peak Year
1975
9 births
Total Registered
154
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cloris
Cloris is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 154 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Cloris as a female name
Ranked #16,826 in 2016
5 female births in 2016
Peak: 1975 (9 births)
Cloris: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cloris span from the 1910s to the 2010s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 40 babies were registered. While Cloris is less common than at its peak in the 1920s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Cloris by Decade
How has Cloris tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cloris + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cloris as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cloris
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cloris: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cloris?
We estimate approximately 72 people named Cloris are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 4,760,477 Americans share this first name.
Is Cloris a common name?
Cloris is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 59.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 154 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cloris most popular?
Cloris reached peak popularity in 1975, when 9 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cloris is approximately 42 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cloris a female name?
Cloris is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cloris Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cloris Smith, Cloris Johnson, Cloris Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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