Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Clarence

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Clarence
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.5% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

7,332

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

98.5%

2024

111

All-time

303,445

Clarence once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 7,332 boys were named Clarence.

In 2024, only 111 boys were given the name.

Down 98.5% from its peak.

All told, about 303,445 Americans have been named Clarence and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.5% from peak

19217,332 boys named Clarence

2024111 boys named Clarence

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