Boys' name · since 1898
Clerance
163 babies named Clerance in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 163
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
163 boys have been named Clerance since 1898, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Clerance has 163 recorded births among boys since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1898 to 1950.
- #14,199 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 163 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clerance ranks #14,199 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 163 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,199 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 163
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Clerance's 163 recorded births place it above 68.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clerance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Clerance's full recorded timeline at 1931, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1898, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1935 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Clerance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1950
- Peak year (1935)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Clerance by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (59 births, 36% of the file).
1920s was Clerance's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Clerance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
59 births
- 1930s
1930s
50 births
- 1940s
1940s
28 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 59 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Clerance's data
- Clerance's decade-level peak was the 1920s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- 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 Clerance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1898–1950 (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 Clerance 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.