Clarence

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #1,499 for boys in 2025, 117 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#17
1905 · 1,377 births
Debut · boys
1880
730 births
In top 100 · boys
72 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
303,564
since 1880

Clarence over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #17, 1905boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,499117
2024—#1,551113
2023—#1,558112
2022—#1,366137
2021—#1,419129
2020—#1,325135
2019—#1,152169
2018—#1,119173
2017—#1,182158
2016—#1,208156
2015—#1,070185
2014—#1,028197
2013—#1,065176
2012—#1,023191
2011—#1,010191
2010—#989199
2009—#1,014193
2008—#932218
2007—#845251
2006—#816249
2005—#694297
2004—#744250
2003—#715260
2002—#693262
2001—#627302
2000—#613310
1999—#598317
1998—#565349
1997—#546362
1996—#527376
1995—#499425
1994—#455482
1993—#441499
1992#13,3175#429518
1991—#382592
1990#12,9585#375618
1989—#357635
1988#7,6919#328655
1987#5,92312#325632
1986#10,9125#296693
1985#6,45710#303675
1984#6,8109#284732
1983#7,3128#260795
1982#5,53412#259842
1981—#257846
1980#6,7899#257859
1979#10,2105#241911
1978#4,67914#226935
1977#5,53211#237886
1976#3,81217#219953
1975#5,51610#225909
1974#4,45913#2131,005
1973#4,87111#2001,100
1972#5,10910#1911,214
1971#3,65217#1871,370
1970#3,57717#1931,384
1969#3,95813#1951,335
1968#3,16917#1841,382
1967#3,65613#1821,376
1966#2,51923#1761,531
1965#3,40214#1661,802
1964#2,67522#1661,775
1963#3,80112#1631,962
1962#2,74120#1631,950
1961#4,00911#1552,189
1960#2,98917#1572,198
1959#2,67819#1472,380
1958#2,66319#1382,525
1957#3,15014#1352,627
1956#2,72518#1202,953
1955#2,72517#1173,017
1954#2,69517#1083,182
1953#2,43119#1083,075
1952#2,58117#1023,157
1951#2,01624#983,232
1950#2,43617#953,340
1949#2,01323#943,395
1948#2,41617#873,790
1947#2,35418#883,921
1946#2,02421#893,567
1945#1,74323#823,196
1944#1,80822#743,575
1943#2,07918#683,854
1942#2,04618#673,741
1941#1,64923#623,671
1940#1,68222#643,487
1939#1,88118#603,482
1938#1,47526#583,639
1937#1,67921#543,755
1936#1,74119#523,772
1935#1,84518#484,080
1934#1,44026#454,213
1933#1,40027#434,280
1932#1,19236#404,895
1931#1,04345#395,062
1930#1,08446#395,498
1929#1,11943#375,729
1928#1,08548#356,068
1927#1,27838#326,460
1926#1,26238#296,537
1925#1,17643#306,670
1924#1,17045#296,895
1923#1,32735#296,801
1922#1,30936#296,861
1921#1,34135#287,332
1920#1,13244#267,221
1919#1,07546#256,825
1918#1,18440#237,187
1917#1,20536#256,587
1916#1,40827#246,304
1915#1,40526#246,267
1914#1,09830#224,909
1913#1,17622#214,046
1912#1,42115#213,590
1911#1,17115#231,775
1910#1,17115#201,706
1909—#191,518
1908#1,6767#191,428
1907#1,20611#181,389
1906#1,00214#181,319
1905#1,4208#171,377
1904#1,2519#171,310
1903#1,5926#171,261
1902—#171,292
1901#96112#171,196
1900#1,17111#181,483
1899#1,0999#171,139
1898#1,5026#171,326
1897—#171,201
1896—#171,254
1895#85814#171,326
1894#1,1368#171,185
1893#1,2776#171,169
1892#1,4505#171,276
1891—#171,007
1890—#171,018
1889—#17984
1888—#171,022
1887#1,1475#17892
1886—#17995
1885—#17906
1884#1,0245#18889
1883—#18837
1882—#20837
1881—#20668
1880#6797#21730
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clarence was already there! It came in at #21, and was given to 730 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 140 boys a year got the name.

See more about Clarence
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 52 spots since 2024 (#1,551 → #1,499)
  • 174 spots since 2020 (#1,325 → #1,499)
  • 429 spots since 2015 (#1,070 → #1,499)
  • Biggest jump: 50 spots in 2005 (#744 → #694)
  • Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2006 (#694 → #816)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #17 (1,377 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 80 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 72 yrs · run 1880–1951
  • Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1880–2008
Share of babies · boys
1 in 89
  • Highest: 1 in 89 boys born in 1895 were named Clarence (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,599 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #17 in 1905, was only 1 in 96 (1.0%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.9% of all boys named Clarence (66,574) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s8,760#17 (1888)#18
1890s11,901#17 (1895)#17
1900s13,573#17 (1905)#18
1910s49,196#20 (1910)#23
1920s66,574#26 (1920)#30
1930s42,676#39 (1930)#48
1940s36,197#62 (1941)#78
1950s29,488#95 (1950)#117
1960s17,500#155 (1961)#171
1970s10,667#187 (1971)#213
1980s7,364#257 (1980)#293
1990s4,538#375 (1990)#482
2000s2,592#613 (2000)#769
2010s1,795#989 (2010)#1,085
2020s743#1,325 (2020)#1,453

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.

Clarence in 1935

girls
#1,845
18 births · 1 in 58,254 girls
boys
#48
4,080 births · 1 in 255 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,845Clarence18

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #48Clarence4,080
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 58,254 of them was named Clarence, which outranked 62.3% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clarence
  1. #1,779Virgene19
  2. #1,779Wilhelmena19
  3. #1,779Willette19
  4. #1,845Clarence18
  5. #1,845Albertina18
  6. #1,845Alla18
  7. #1,845Alvira18
  8. #1,917Adaline17
  9. #1,917Adriana17
  10. #1,917Aimee17

Tied with 71 names at #1,845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 255 of them was named Clarence, which outranked 98.8% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clarence
  1. #45Marvin4,278
  2. #46Earl4,224
  3. #47Jimmy4,171
  4. #48Clarence4,080
  5. #49Wayne4,057
  6. #50Leroy3,919
  7. #51Don3,917
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935 →