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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Clarance

Clarance was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 401st; the most babies were born in 1926 (109). More babies were named Clarance in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1926109 babies
Total since 1880
4,078babies recorded

Clarance popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#4,2009
1970#2,07319
1960#1,30037
1950#97351
1940#77164
1930#592104
1920#75576
1910#65820
1900#41530
1890#7608
1880#6938

How popular is Clarance, counting every spelling?

Clarance has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Clarance?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Clarance are alive today, with a median age of 70; half are between 59 and 80. That makes Clarance a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Clarance by state

How common Clarance was among boys born in each state in 1924–1928, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (3.1×), Alabama (3.1×), Georgia (3.1×), Louisiana (2.8×), Mississippi (2.8×). In 38 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesKS0.08Arkansas: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesAR0.14Tennessee: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesTN0.13North Carolina: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesNC0.22South Carolina: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesSC0.28District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOK0.14Louisiana: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesLA0.24Mississippi: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesMS0.24Alabama: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesAL0.27Georgia: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesGA0.27Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesTX0.16Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Clarance, boys, 1924–1928. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Clarance: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Clarance, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Clarance

How popular is the name Clarance?

Clarance was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 401st; the most babies were born in 1926 (109). More babies were named Clarance in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Clarance a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 4,078 boys.

Where was Clarance most popular?

In 1924–1928, Clarance was most common in South Carolina (0.28 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and Georgia.