Clarence was a very popular boys' name that peaked at #17 in 1885 but is far less common today.
Clarence is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,500 for boy births in the United States (and #3,184 across all names), given to 117 babies. Clarence first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (7,332 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,500 |
| 2024 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,552 |
| 2023 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,559 |
| 2022 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,366 |
| 2021 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,419 |
| 2020 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,327 |
| 2019 | 169 | 169 | — | #1,152 |
| 2018 | 173 | 173 | — | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,182 |
| 2016 | 156 | 156 | — | #1,211 |
| 2015 | 185 | 185 | — | #1,070 |
| 2014 | 197 | 197 | — | #1,028 |
| 2013 | 176 | 176 | — | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 191 | 191 | — | #1,023 |
| 2011 | 191 | 191 | — | #1,011 |
| 2010 | 199 | 199 | — | #989 |
| 2009 | 193 | 193 | — | #1,016 |
| 2008 | 218 | 218 | — | #932 |
| 2007 | 251 | 251 | — | #845 |
| 2006 | 249 | 249 | — | #817 |
| 2005 | 297 | 297 | — | #694 |
| 2004 | 250 | 250 | — | #745 |
| 2003 | 260 | 260 | — | #715 |
| 2002 | 262 | 262 | — | #693 |
| 2001 | 302 | 302 | — | #627 |
| 2000 | 310 | 310 | — | #614 |
| 1999 | 317 | 317 | — | #598 |
| 1998 | 349 | 349 | — | #565 |
| 1997 | 362 | — | — | #546 |
| 1996 | 376 | — | — | #527 |
| 1995 | 425 | — | — | #499 |
| 1994 | 482 | — | — | #455 |
| 1993 | 499 | — | — | #441 |
| 1992 | 523 | — | #13,724 | #429 |
| 1991 | 592 | — | — | #382 |
| 1990 | 623 | — | #13,409 | #375 |
| 1989 | 635 | — | — | #357 |
| 1988 | 664 | — | #7,824 | #328 |
| 1987 | 644 | — | #5,997 | #325 |
| 1986 | 698 | — | #11,280 | #296 |
| 1985 | 685 | — | #6,555 | #304 |
| 1984 | 741 | — | #6,920 | #284 |
| 1983 | 803 | — | #7,434 | #260 |
| 1982 | 854 | — | #5,607 | #259 |
| 1981 | 846 | — | — | #257 |
| 1980 | 868 | — | #6,895 | #257 |
| 1979 | 916 | — | #10,496 | #241 |
| 1978 | 949 | — | #4,720 | #226 |
| 1977 | 897 | — | #5,581 | #237 |
| 1976 | 970 | — | #3,838 | #219 |
| 1975 | 919 | — | #5,606 | #225 |
| 1974 | 1,018 | — | #4,504 | #213 |
| 1973 | 1,111 | — | #4,929 | #200 |
| 1972 | 1,224 | — | #5,167 | #191 |
| 1971 | 1,387 | — | #3,671 | #187 |
| 1970 | 1,401 | — | #3,613 | #193 |
| 1969 | 1,348 | — | #3,985 | #195 |
| 1968 | 1,399 | — | #3,196 | #184 |
| 1967 | 1,389 | — | #3,692 | #182 |
| 1966 | 1,554 | — | #2,528 | #176 |
| 1965 | 1,816 | — | #3,426 | #166 |
| 1964 | 1,797 | — | #2,688 | #166 |
| 1963 | 1,974 | — | #3,836 | #163 |
| 1962 | 1,970 | — | #2,751 | #163 |
| 1961 | 2,200 | — | #4,053 | #155 |
| 1960 | 2,215 | — | #3,006 | #157 |
| 1959 | 2,399 | — | #2,688 | #147 |
| 1958 | 2,544 | — | #2,679 | #138 |
| 1957 | 2,641 | — | #3,172 | #135 |
| 1956 | 2,971 | — | #2,735 | #120 |
| 1955 | 3,034 | — | #2,744 | #117 |
| 1954 | 3,199 | — | #2,709 | #108 |
| 1953 | 3,094 | — | #2,439 | #108 |
| 1952 | 3,174 | — | #2,594 | #102 |
| 1951 | 3,256 | — | #2,027 | #98 |
| 1950 | 3,357 | — | #2,450 | #95 |
| 1949 | 3,418 | — | #2,022 | #94 |
| 1948 | 3,807 | — | #2,426 | #87 |
| 1947 | 3,939 | — | #2,366 | #88 |
| 1946 | 3,588 | — | #2,037 | #89 |
| 1945 | 3,219 | — | #1,756 | #82 |
| 1944 | 3,597 | — | #1,816 | #74 |
| 1943 | 3,872 | — | #2,088 | #68 |
| 1942 | 3,759 | — | #2,061 | #67 |
| 1941 | 3,694 | — | #1,657 | #62 |
| 1940 | 3,509 | — | #1,694 | #64 |
| 1939 | 3,500 | — | #1,891 | #60 |
| 1938 | 3,665 | — | #1,484 | #58 |
| 1937 | 3,776 | — | #1,689 | #54 |
| 1936 | 3,791 | — | #1,749 | #52 |
| 1935 | 4,098 | — | #1,856 | #48 |
| 1934 | 4,239 | — | #1,447 | #45 |
| 1933 | 4,307 | — | #1,407 | #43 |
| 1932 | 4,931 | — | #1,195 | #40 |
| 1931 | 5,107 | — | #1,045 | #39 |
| 1930 | 5,544 | — | #1,088 | #39 |
| 1929 | 5,772 | — | #1,121 | #37 |
| 1928 | 6,116 | — | #1,086 | #35 |
| 1927 | 6,498 | — | #1,282 | #32 |
| 1926 | 6,575 | — | #1,267 | #29 |
| 1925 | 6,713 | — | #1,179 | #30 |
| 1924 | 6,940 | — | #1,170 | #29 |
| 1923 | 6,836 | — | #1,329 | #29 |
| 1922 | 6,897 | — | #1,313 | #29 |
| 1921 | 7,367 | — | #1,344 | #28 |
| 1920 | 7,265 | — | #1,134 | #26 |
| 1919 | 6,871 | — | #1,078 | #25 |
| 1918 | 7,227 | — | #1,189 | #23 |
| 1917 | 6,623 | — | #1,210 | #25 |
| 1916 | 6,331 | — | #1,413 | #24 |
| 1915 | 6,293 | — | #1,411 | #24 |
| 1914 | 4,939 | — | #1,100 | #22 |
| 1913 | 4,068 | — | #1,180 | #21 |
| 1912 | 3,605 | — | #1,427 | #21 |
| 1911 | 1,790 | — | #1,180 | #23 |
| 1910 | 1,721 | — | #1,178 | #20 |
| 1909 | 1,518 | — | — | #19 |
| 1908 | 1,435 | — | #1,707 | #19 |
| 1907 | 1,400 | — | #1,218 | #18 |
| 1906 | 1,333 | — | #1,008 | #18 |
| 1905 | 1,385 | — | #1,440 | #17 |
| 1904 | 1,319 | — | #1,273 | #17 |
| 1903 | 1,267 | — | #1,635 | #17 |
| 1902 | 1,292 | — | — | #17 |
| 1901 | 1,208 | — | #964 | #17 |
| 1900 | 1,494 | — | #1,180 | #18 |
| 1899 | 1,148 | — | #1,112 | #17 |
| 1898 | 1,332 | — | #1,535 | #17 |
| 1897 | 1,201 | — | — | #17 |
| 1896 | 1,254 | — | — | #17 |
| 1895 | 1,340 | — | #867 | #17 |
| 1894 | 1,193 | — | #1,151 | #17 |
| 1893 | 1,175 | — | #1,307 | #17 |
| 1892 | 1,281 | — | #1,491 | #17 |
| 1891 | 1,007 | — | — | #17 |
| 1890 | 1,018 | — | — | #17 |
| 1889 | 984 | — | — | #17 |
| 1888 | 1,022 | — | — | #17 |
| 1887 | 897 | — | #1,172 | #17 |
| 1886 | 995 | — | — | #17 |
| 1885 | 906 | — | — | #17 |
| 1884 | 894 | — | #1,055 | #18 |
| 1883 | 837 | — | — | #18 |
| 1882 | 837 | — | — | #20 |
| 1881 | 668 | — | — | #21 |
| 1880 | 737 | — | #687 | #22 |