Clarnce

Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907

Peak · boys
1902 · 9 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
914
since 1902

Clarnce over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clarnce has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #794, 1902boys
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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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1971#4,9075
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1964#4,0395
1963
1962#4,0335
1961#3,0978
1960#2,68510
1959#3,2907
1958#3,9445
1957#3,2577
1956#2,26313
1955#2,04815
1954#3,4526
1953#2,9058
1952#2,51410
1951#2,8448
1950#1,94115
1949#2,12313
1948#1,65620
1947#1,91616
1946#2,5349
1945#1,40622
1944#1,68317
1943#1,57720
1942#1,73017
1941#1,99713
1940#1,62718
1939#1,79515
1938#1,81815
1937#1,91314
1936#1,38423
1935#1,19431
1934#1,24129
1933#1,45622
1932#1,17533
1931#1,30228
1930#1,64420
1929#1,15436
1928#1,22834
1927#1,29332
1926#1,51524
1925#1,24633
1924#1,89418
1923#1,35829
1922#1,76520
1921#1,70321
1920#1,64222
1919#1,69520
1918#1,82718
1917#2,7329
1916#2,15213
1915#2,8298
1914#1,86812
1913#2,0928
1912#2,2696
1911
1910#1,5895
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1906#9278
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1903#9107
1902#7949
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First appearance
1902

The first year at least five boys were named Clarnce! It came in at #794, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1904–1905, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Clarnce
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1903 (#794#910)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1902
  • Peaked 1902 at #794 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1902–1903
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,629
  • Highest: 1 in 13,629 boys born in 1902 were named Clarnce (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 353,689 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 29.4% of all boys named Clarnce (269) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s24#794 (1902)#877
1910s99#1,589 (1910)#2,117
1920s269#1,154 (1929)#1,480
1930s230#1,175 (1932)#1,492
1940s165#1,406 (1945)#1,825
1950s94#1,941 (1950)#2,846
1960s28#2,685 (1960)#3,464
1970s5#4,907 (1971)#4,907

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.

Clarnce in 1903

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#910
7 births · 1 in 17,033 boys

Top boys' names in 1903

  1. #1John7,608
  2. #2William6,311
  3. #3James5,479
  4. #4George3,961
  5. #5Charles3,213
  6. #6Joseph3,121
  7. #7Robert3,044
  8. #8Frank2,644
  9. #9Edward2,268
  10. #10Thomas1,962
  11. #910Clarnce7
More about 1903

boys

119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 17,033 of them was named Clarnce, which outranked 30.3% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clarnce
  1. #846Wheeler8
  2. #846Whit8
  3. #846Wilfrid8
  4. #910Clarnce7
  5. #910Acie7
  6. #910Agustin7
  7. #910Alec7
  8. #1,009Aden6
  9. #1,009Agnes6
  10. #1,009Anson6

Tied with 98 names at #910; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. 610Garnett#1,137#527
  2. 562Jordan#1,013#451
  3. 561Reynold#1,137#576
  4. 542Artis#1,137#595
  5. 518Josiah#1,137#619
Fallers
  1. 574Hunter#556#1,130
  2. 547Audrey#583#1,130
  3. 479Hayes#651#1,130
  4. 479Hezekiah#651#1,130
  5. 479Oakley#651#1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1903