Clearence — boys' name

What the Data Says About Clearence

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,427 babies named Clearence between 1897 and 1986, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clearence currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clearence performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 393 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Clearence shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Clearence in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clearence 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 1,427 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.