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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |