Clearence
Clearence is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 892nd, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192758 births
- Best rank
- #892in 1927
- Since 1897
- 1,427people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,427 boys have been named Clearence in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 58 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 58 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 28%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1927, its biggest year
Clearence was the 892nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1927 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Clearence
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carrolpeak 1930
- Merlinpeak 1927
- Lavernpeak 1924
- Eldonpeak 1926
- Winfordpeak 1928
- Arlandpeak 1935
- Lowellpeak 1931
- Delmarpeak 1931
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.