Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Clarance

#2,008 most common boys' name of all time · #4,825 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1880–2009

Rank among boys
#2,008
Rank overall
#4,825 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
4,078
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #603
Best rank
#414 1882
Girls Boys peak 109/yr
1880190019201940196019802000

Clarance is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2009 — 7 7 #9,877
2003 — 5 5 #10,918
1997 — 7 7 #7,295
1994 — 5 5 #8,823
1993 — 8 8 #6,247
1992 — 6 6 #7,449
1991 — 5 5 #8,267
1988 — 7 7 #5,777
1987 — 9 9 #4,590
1986 — 9 9 #4,472
1985 — 7 7 #5,171
1984 — 6 6 #5,586
1983 — 11 11 #3,644
1982 — 7 7 #5,027
1981 — 7 7 #4,983
1980 — 9 9 #4,153
1979 — 9 9 #4,088
1978 — 7 7 #4,572
1977 — 10 10 #3,625
1976 — 14 14 #2,840
1975 — 9 9 #3,674
1974 — 6 6 #4,655
1973 — 8 8 #3,715
1972 — 13 13 #2,670
1971 — 16 16 #2,375
1970 — 19 19 #2,061
1969 — 16 16 #2,140
1968 — 15 15 #2,115
1967 — 13 13 #2,253
1966 — 23 23 #1,621
1965 — 19 19 #1,813
1964 — 17 17 #1,986
1963 — 30 30 #1,432
1962 — 28 28 #1,486
1961 — 27 27 #1,558
1960 — 37 37 #1,296
1959 — 30 30 #1,447
1958 — 35 35 #1,310
1957 — 34 34 #1,349
1956 — 35 35 #1,301
1955 — 32 32 #1,341
1954 — 35 35 #1,273
1953 — 33 33 #1,308
1952 — 48 48 #1,047
1951 — 38 38 #1,174
1950 — 51 51 #974
1949 — 53 53 #949
1948 — 47 47 #1,028
1947 — 51 51 #1,004
1946 — 58 58 #864
1945 — 51 51 #889
1944 — 54 54 #864
1943 — 53 53 #919
1942 — 47 47 #975
1941 — 63 63 #792
1940 — 64 64 #772
1939 — 77 77 #676
1938 — 75 75 #705
1937 — 69 69 #732
1936 — 62 62 #776
1935 — 67 67 #753
1934 — 91 91 #633
1933 — 72 72 #713
1932 — 72 72 #735
1931 — 74 74 #705
1930 — 104 104 #592
1929 — 88 88 #658
1928 — 96 96 #630
1927 — 87 87 #697
1926 — 109 109 #603
1925 — 105 105 #613
1924 — 92 92 #679
1923 — 79 79 #734
1922 — 101 101 #645
1921 — 95 95 #665
1920 — 76 76 #760
1919 — 99 99 #609
1918 — 86 86 #671
1917 — 76 76 #695
1916 — 92 92 #609
1915 — 65 65 #743
1914 — 54 54 #702
1913 — 45 45 #672
1912 — 37 37 #704
1911 — 24 24 #634
1910 — 20 20 #663
1909 — 20 20 #605
1908 — 23 23 #536
1907 — 19 19 #581
1906 — 16 16 #600
1905 — 17 17 #586
1904 — 22 22 #462
1903 — 22 22 #445
1902 — 10 10 #766
1901 — 17 17 #481
1900 — 30 30 #417
1899 — 9 9 #746
1898 — 15 15 #567
1897 — 20 20 #435
1896 — 18 18 #495
1895 — 9 9 #770
1894 — 9 9 #761
1893 — 10 10 #677
1892 — 14 14 #563
1891 — 11 11 #587
1890 — 8 8 #773
1889 — 7 7 #823
1888 — 12 12 #602
1887 — 8 8 #711
1886 — 7 7 #784
1885 — 5 5 #976
1884 — 19 19 #431
1883 — 16 16 #459
1882 — 20 20 #414
1881 — 5 5 #888
1880 — 8 8 #696