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.

Clearence

#3,875 most common boys' name of all time · #9,444 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1897–1986

Rank among boys
#3,875
Rank overall
#9,444 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,427
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #896
Best rank
#896 1927
Girls Boys peak 58/yr
19001920194019601980

Clearence first appears in 1897. 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
1986 6 6 #6,003
1978 5 5 #5,861
1976 5 5 #5,686
1971 8 8 #3,715
1970 9 9 #3,326
1969 7 7 #3,663
1967 7 7 #3,302
1966 9 9 #2,842
1965 5 5 #4,013
1963 7 7 #3,397
1962 12 12 #2,423
1961 11 11 #2,587
1960 11 11 #2,581
1959 12 12 #2,449
1958 14 14 #2,203
1957 16 16 #2,052
1956 12 12 #2,403
1955 9 9 #2,827
1954 14 14 #2,156
1953 20 20 #1,741
1952 17 17 #1,898
1951 15 15 #2,017
1950 20 20 #1,680
1949 28 28 #1,398
1948 19 19 #1,728
1947 22 22 #1,625
1946 24 24 #1,455
1945 31 31 #1,196
1944 27 27 #1,302
1943 27 27 #1,356
1942 45 45 #1,002
1941 25 25 #1,353
1940 32 32 #1,199
1939 33 33 #1,135
1938 32 32 #1,163
1937 23 23 #1,431
1936 28 28 #1,260
1935 30 30 #1,243
1934 35 35 #1,129
1933 39 39 #1,042
1932 46 46 #975
1931 34 34 #1,182
1930 44 44 #1,050
1929 47 47 #987
1928 55 55 #911
1927 58 58 #896
1926 34 34 #1,253
1925 32 32 #1,298
1924 47 47 #1,042
1923 27 27 #1,445
1922 34 34 #1,254
1921 36 36 #1,220
1920 23 23 #1,621
1919 24 24 #1,509
1918 22 22 #1,630
1917 23 23 #1,512
1916 19 19 #1,674
1915 11 11 #2,371
1914 14 14 #1,733
1913 7 7 #2,358
1912 6 6 #2,376
1911 6 6 #1,665
1909 8 8 #1,140
1907 7 7 #1,186
1900 6 6 #1,286
1897 6 6 #1,052