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.

Clearance

#6,218 most common boys' name of all time · #15,525 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1903–1972

Rank among boys
#6,218
Rank overall
#15,525 of 105,966
First appeared
1903
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
652
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #1,414
Best rank
#1,292 1903
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
192019401960

Clearance first appears in 1903. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1972 — 8 8 #3,694
1971 — 7 7 #4,055
1965 — 5 5 #4,027
1963 — 8 8 #3,122
1962 — 5 5 #4,158
1960 — 10 10 #2,746
1959 — 6 6 #3,712
1957 — 6 6 #3,672
1956 — 6 6 #3,624
1955 — 8 8 #3,047
1954 — 6 6 #3,541
1953 — 9 9 #2,784
1951 — 8 8 #2,919
1950 — 7 7 #3,111
1949 — 5 5 #3,809
1948 — 8 8 #2,857
1947 — 15 15 #2,019
1946 — 5 5 #3,650
1945 — 10 10 #2,302
1944 — 13 13 #2,042
1943 — 15 15 #1,943
1942 — 22 22 #1,519
1941 — 16 16 #1,790
1940 — 13 13 #2,029
1939 — 12 12 #2,105
1938 — 15 15 #1,865
1937 — 17 17 #1,731
1936 — 12 12 #2,131
1935 — 16 16 #1,801
1934 — 25 25 #1,382
1933 — 22 22 #1,483
1932 — 15 15 #1,963
1931 — 16 16 #1,892
1930 — 17 17 #1,851
1929 — 16 16 #1,973
1928 — 25 25 #1,505
1927 — 25 25 #1,547
1926 — 20 20 #1,756
1925 — 28 28 #1,414
1924 — 24 24 #1,611
1923 — 14 14 #2,277
1922 — 18 18 #1,923
1921 — 20 20 #1,805
1920 — 14 14 #2,280
1919 — 8 8 #3,182
1918 — 7 7 #3,449
1917 — 14 14 #2,145
1916 — 12 12 #2,324
1915 — 7 7 #3,167
1914 — 7 7 #2,735
1903 — 5 5 #1,292