Given name & surname
Clarity
“one who is clear-minded”
Clarity is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is clear-minded.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is clear-minded.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Clarity through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,014
- 0 boys · 1,014 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 115 babies
- 2025
- 115
- #1,759 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 115 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,759 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (18 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 549 as a first name in 2020; 145 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Clarity’s family of names
Clarity has a related form in Claritea. Clarity has a related form in Clariteah. Clarity has a related form in Claritee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Clarytievariant
- Clarytivariant
- Claryteahvariant
- Claryteavariant
- Claryteevariant
- Claryteyvariant
- Clarytyvariant
- Claritievariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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