Girls' name · since 1918
Clarece
Since 1918, U.S. Social Security records show 125 babies named Clarece, peaking in 1928. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,646 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Clarece sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 125 recorded since 1918.
Clarece has 125 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2001.
- #24,646 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 125 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clarece ranks #24,646 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #24,646 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Clarece's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clarece's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Clarece's SSA record in two at 1931 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1928 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Clarece popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2001
- Peak year (1928)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 84 years of records
Clarece by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (52 births, 42% of the file).
1920s was Clarece's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Clarece births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
52 births
- 1930s
1930s
33 births
- 1940s
1940s
25 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 52 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Clarece's decade-level peak was the 1920s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clarece: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~83 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Clarece draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.