Clearence · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Clearence.

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Its story

Popularity since 1897

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 66 recorded years as a table

Clearence, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1897	53
1900	40
1907	48
1909	49
1911	27
1912	14
1913	14
1914	21
1915	13
1916	21
1917	25
1918	22
1919	24
1920	22
1921	33
1922	31
1923	25
1924	41
1925	29
1926	31
1927	51
1928	50
1929	44
1930	40
1931	33
1932	44
1933	39
1934	34
1935	29
1936	27
1937	22
1938	29
1939	30
1940	28
1941	20
1942	33
1943	19
1944	20
1945	23
1946	15
1947	12
1948	11
1949	16
1950	11
1951	8
1952	9
1953	10
1954	7
1955	4
1956	6
1957	7
1958	7
1959	6
1960	5
1961	5
1962	6
1963	3
1965	3
1966	5
1967	4
1969	4
1970	5
1971	5
1976	3
1978	3
1986	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Clearence isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1986: 6
Rank in 1986: #5,926
How rare: 1 in 306,919 boys
Since 1897: 1,427

Clearence was last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1897, at 53 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Clearence doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.