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.

Clarence

#121 most common boys' name of all time · #254 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#121
Rank overall
#254 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
305,423
Since 2016
1,399
Peak year
1921 #28
Best rank
#17 1885
Girls Boys peak 7,367/yr
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Clarence 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
2025 117 117 #1,499
2024 113 113 #1,551
2023 112 112 #1,558
2022 137 137 #1,366
2021 129 129 #1,419
2020 135 135 #1,325
2019 169 169 #1,152
2018 173 173 #1,119
2017 158 158 #1,182
2016 156 156 #1,208
2015 185 185 #1,070
2014 197 197 #1,028
2013 176 176 #1,065
2012 191 191 #1,023
2011 191 191 #1,010
2010 199 199 #989
2009 193 193 #1,014
2008 218 218 #932
2007 251 251 #845
2006 249 249 #816
2005 297 297 #694
2004 250 250 #744
2003 260 260 #715
2002 262 262 #694
2001 302 302 #627
2000 310 310 #613
1999 317 317 #598
1998 349 349 #565
1997 362 362 #546
1996 376 376 #527
1995 425 425 #499
1994 482 482 #455
1993 499 499 #441
1992 5 518 523 #429
1991 592 592 #382
1990 5 618 623 #375
1989 635 635 #357
1988 9 655 664 #328
1987 12 632 644 #325
1986 5 693 698 #296
1985 10 675 685 #303
1984 9 732 741 #284
1983 8 795 803 #260
1982 12 842 854 #259
1981 846 846 #257
1980 9 859 868 #257
1979 5 911 916 #241
1978 14 935 949 #226
1977 11 886 897 #237
1976 17 953 970 #219
1975 10 909 919 #225
1974 13 1,005 1,018 #213
1973 11 1,100 1,111 #200
1972 10 1,214 1,224 #191
1971 17 1,370 1,387 #187
1970 17 1,384 1,401 #193
1969 13 1,335 1,348 #195
1968 17 1,382 1,399 #184
1967 13 1,376 1,389 #182
1966 23 1,531 1,554 #176
1965 14 1,802 1,816 #166
1964 22 1,775 1,797 #166
1963 12 1,962 1,974 #163
1962 20 1,950 1,970 #163
1961 11 2,189 2,200 #155
1960 17 2,198 2,215 #157
1959 19 2,380 2,399 #147
1958 19 2,525 2,544 #138
1957 14 2,627 2,641 #135
1956 18 2,953 2,971 #120
1955 17 3,017 3,034 #117
1954 17 3,182 3,199 #108
1953 19 3,075 3,094 #108
1952 17 3,157 3,174 #102
1951 24 3,232 3,256 #98
1950 17 3,340 3,357 #95
1949 23 3,395 3,418 #94
1948 17 3,790 3,807 #87
1947 18 3,921 3,939 #88
1946 21 3,567 3,588 #89
1945 23 3,196 3,219 #82
1944 22 3,575 3,597 #74
1943 18 3,854 3,872 #68
1942 18 3,741 3,759 #67
1941 23 3,671 3,694 #62
1940 22 3,487 3,509 #64
1939 18 3,482 3,500 #60
1938 26 3,639 3,665 #58
1937 21 3,755 3,776 #54
1936 19 3,772 3,791 #52
1935 18 4,080 4,098 #48
1934 26 4,213 4,239 #45
1933 27 4,280 4,307 #43
1932 36 4,895 4,931 #40
1931 45 5,062 5,107 #39
1930 46 5,498 5,544 #39
1929 43 5,729 5,772 #37
1928 48 6,068 6,116 #35
1927 38 6,460 6,498 #32
1926 38 6,537 6,575 #29
1925 43 6,670 6,713 #30
1924 45 6,895 6,940 #29
1923 35 6,801 6,836 #29
1922 36 6,861 6,897 #29
1921 35 7,332 7,367 #28
1920 44 7,221 7,265 #26
1919 46 6,825 6,871 #25
1918 40 7,187 7,227 #23
1917 36 6,587 6,623 #25
1916 27 6,304 6,331 #24
1915 26 6,267 6,293 #24
1914 30 4,909 4,939 #22
1913 22 4,046 4,068 #21
1912 15 3,590 3,605 #21
1911 15 1,775 1,790 #23
1910 15 1,706 1,721 #20
1909 1,518 1,518 #19
1908 7 1,428 1,435 #19
1907 11 1,389 1,400 #18
1906 14 1,319 1,333 #18
1905 8 1,377 1,385 #17
1904 9 1,310 1,319 #17
1903 6 1,261 1,267 #17
1902 1,292 1,292 #17
1901 12 1,196 1,208 #17
1900 11 1,483 1,494 #18
1899 9 1,139 1,148 #17
1898 6 1,326 1,332 #17
1897 1,201 1,201 #17
1896 1,254 1,254 #17
1895 14 1,326 1,340 #17
1894 8 1,185 1,193 #17
1893 6 1,169 1,175 #17
1892 5 1,276 1,281 #17
1891 1,007 1,007 #17
1890 1,018 1,018 #17
1889 984 984 #17
1888 1,022 1,022 #17
1887 5 892 897 #17
1886 995 995 #17
1885 906 906 #17
1884 5 889 894 #18
1883 837 837 #18
1882 837 837 #20
1881 668 668 #20
1880 7 730 737 #21