Clearnce — boys' name

What the Data Says About Clearnce

The Social Security Administration has registered 482 babies named Clearnce between 1915 and 1973, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clearnce currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clearnce performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Clearnce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clearnce in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clearnce 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 482 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.