Clarance
Last seen for boys in 2009 at #9,864
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 20 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,078since 1880
Clarance over time
Rank among boys' names. Clarance has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1960 | #1,295 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,439 | 30 |
| 1958 | #1,305 | 35 |
| 1957 | #1,345 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,044 | 48 |
| 1951 | #1,171 | 38 |
| 1950 | #973 | 51 |
| 1949 | #946 | 53 |
| 1948 | #1,023 | 47 |
| 1947 | #1,000 | 51 |
| 1946 | #862 | 58 |
| 1945 | #884 | 51 |
| 1944 | #861 | 54 |
| 1943 | #917 | 53 |
| 1942 | #970 | 47 |
| 1941 | #786 | 63 |
| 1940 | #770 | 64 |
| 1939 | #675 | 77 |
| 1938 | #700 | 75 |
| 1937 | #729 | 69 |
| 1936 | #774 | 62 |
| 1935 | #750 | 67 |
| 1934 | #630 | 91 |
| 1933 | #710 | 72 |
| 1932 | #735 | 72 |
| 1931 | #702 | 74 |
| 1930 | #591 | 104 |
| 1929 | #657 | 88 |
| 1928 | #629 | 96 |
| 1927 | #695 | 87 |
| 1926 | #603 | 109 |
| 1925 | #612 | 105 |
| 1924 | #677 | 92 |
| 1923 | #733 | 79 |
| 1922 | #642 | 101 |
| 1921 | #665 | 95 |
| 1920 | #754 | 76 |
| 1919 | #608 | 99 |
| 1918 | #667 | 86 |
| 1917 | #694 | 76 |
| 1916 | #606 | 92 |
| 1915 | #741 | 65 |
| 1914 | #697 | 54 |
| 1913 | #667 | 45 |
| 1912 | #700 | 37 |
| 1911 | #624 | 24 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #590 | 20 |
| 1908 | #522 | 23 |
| 1907 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #590 | 16 |
| 1905 | #574 | 17 |
| 1904 | #452 | 22 |
| 1903 | #430 | 22 |
| 1902 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #466 | 17 |
| 1900 | #413 | 30 |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #543 | 15 |
| 1897 | #422 | 20 |
| 1896 | #481 | 18 |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #547 | 14 |
| 1891 | #564 | 11 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #416 | 19 |
| 1883 | #448 | 16 |
| 1882 | #399 | 20 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clarance was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Clarance
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 467 spots in 1882 (#866 → #399)
- Biggest drop: 520 spots in 1885 (#416 → #936)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #399 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1880–1947
- Highest: 1 in 5,016 boys born in 1900 were named Clarance (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 283,368 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #399 in 1882, was only 1 in 5,684 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.8% of all boys named Clarance (928) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | #399 (1882) | #655 |
| 1890s | 123 | #422 (1897) | #613 |
| 1900s | 196 | #413 (1900) | #534 |
| 1910s | 598 | #606 (1916) | #666 |
| 1920s | 928 | #603 (1926) | #667 |
| 1930s | 763 | #591 (1930) | #700 |
| 1940s | 541 | #770 (1940) | #902 |
| 1950s | 371 | #973 (1950) | #1,249 |
| 1960s | 225 | #1,295 (1960) | #1,763 |
| 1970s | 111 | #2,058 (1970) | #3,412 |
| 1980s | 72 | #3,630 (1983) | #4,802 |
| 1990s | 31 | #6,228 (1993) | #7,593 |
| 2000s | 12 | #9,864 (2009) | #10,379 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Clarance in 1888
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
boys
120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 10,071 of them was named Clarance, which outranked 50.7% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).