Clearence
Last seen for boys in 1986 at #5,926
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 58 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,427since 1897
Clearence over time
Rank among boys' names. Clearence has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
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| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
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| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,703 | 19 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,282 | 27 |
| 1943 | #1,343 | 27 |
| 1942 | #991 | 45 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,183 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,120 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,149 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,226 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,116 | 35 |
| 1933 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1932 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,037 | 44 |
| 1929 | #983 | 47 |
| 1928 | #902 | 55 |
| 1927 | #892 | 58 |
| 1926 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,032 | 47 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1921 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,646 | 19 |
| 1915 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
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| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
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| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Clearence! It came in at #942, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Clearence is popular in 1943
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#475 · 1 in 7,257
Best ever in a state: #282 in Virginia, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #475 | 6 | 1 in 7,257 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Clearence
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
- Biggest jump: 350 spots in 1927 (#1,242 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 352 spots in 1943 (#991 → #1,343)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1927 at #892 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1927–1929
- Highest: 1 in 18,793 boys born in 1897 were named Clearence (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,919 boys born in 1986 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #892 in 1927, was only 1 in 19,430 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.5% of all boys named Clearence (393) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #942 (1897) | #942 |
| 1900s | 21 | #1,083 (1909) | #1,113 |
| 1910s | 132 | #1,479 (1917) | #1,809 |
| 1920s | 393 | #892 (1927) | #1,178 |
| 1930s | 344 | #963 (1932) | #1,146 |
| 1940s | 280 | #991 (1942) | #1,343 |
| 1950s | 149 | #1,657 (1950) | #2,104 |
| 1960s | 69 | #2,364 (1962) | #3,037 |
| 1970s | 27 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,575 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,926 (1986) | #5,926 |
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.
Clearence in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 52,863 of them was named Clearence, which outranked 66.8% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,308Urban28
- #1,308Westley28
- #1,308Xavier28
- #1,343Clearence27
- #1,343Arlington27
- #1,343Arnoldo27
- #1,343Aubry27
- #1,368Allie26
- #1,368Alois26
- #1,368Arland26
Tied with 24 names at #1,343; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.