Clearance is a rare variant of Clarence that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Clearance is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1972. Clearance first appears in 1903 and peaked in 1925 (28 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,682 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #4,041 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,003 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,087 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,142 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | #2,711 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #3,674 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,631 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,595 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #3,010 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #3,511 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #2,742 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #2,877 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #3,078 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #3,776 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #2,819 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,003 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,611 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #2,273 |
| 1944 | 13 | — | #2,005 |
| 1943 | 15 | — | #1,928 |
| 1942 | 22 | — | #1,502 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | #1,770 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | #2,000 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,078 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | #1,836 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | #1,705 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,080 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #1,773 |
| 1934 | 25 | — | #1,364 |
| 1933 | 22 | — | #1,465 |
| 1932 | 15 | — | #1,932 |
| 1931 | 16 | — | #1,861 |
| 1930 | 17 | — | #1,833 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | #1,943 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | #1,484 |
| 1927 | 25 | — | #1,523 |
| 1926 | 20 | — | #1,736 |
| 1925 | 28 | — | #1,397 |
| 1924 | 24 | — | #1,586 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,248 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #1,902 |
| 1921 | 20 | — | #1,778 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | #2,242 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,161 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #3,434 |
| 1917 | 14 | — | #2,107 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,289 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,144 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,697 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,154 |