Clarence — #1558 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Clarence

The Social Security Administration has registered 303,445 babies named Clarence between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clarence currently holds the #1558 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 7,332 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clarence performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 66,574 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Clarence shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 15,102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Clarence in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clarence in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 303,445 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.