Clarence
Boy
Clarence is a boys' name, meaning “from the town of Clare”. In 2025 it ranked 1,499th for boys in the US (117 babies).
What does Clarence mean?
“from the town of Clare”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Clarence a girl's or a boy's name?
Clarence is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 117 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clarence in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Clarence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#77) and 1914 (#90).
Clarence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Clarence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 117 boys in the US were named Clarence, making it the 1,499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,325th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 7,332 boys.
Half of all the boys named Clarence in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1949, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clarence in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,499 |
| 2024 | 113 | #1,551 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,558 |
| 2022 | 137 | #1,366 |
| 2021 | 129 | #1,419 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,325 |
| 2019 | 169 | #1,152 |
| 2018 | 173 | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 158 | #1,182 |
| 2016 | 156 | #1,208 |
| 2015 | 185 | #1,070 |
| 2014 | 197 | #1,028 |
| 2013 | 176 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 191 | #1,023 |
| 2011 | 191 | #1,010 |
| 2010 | 199 | #989 |
| 2009 | 193 | #1,014 |
| 2008 | 218 | #932 |
| 2007 | 251 | #845 |
| 2006 | 249 | #816 |
| 2005 | 297 | #694 |
| 2004 | 250 | #744 |
| 2003 | 260 | #715 |
| 2002 | 262 | #693 |
| 2001 | 302 | #627 |
| 2000 | 310 | #613 |
| 1999 | 317 | #597 |
| 1998 | 349 | #565 |
| 1997 | 362 | #546 |
| 1996 | 376 | #527 |
| 1995 | 425 | #499 |
| 1994 | 482 | #455 |
| 1993 | 499 | #441 |
| 1992 | 518 | #429 |
| 1991 | 592 | #382 |
| 1990 | 618 | #375 |
| 1989 | 635 | #357 |
| 1988 | 655 | #328 |
| 1987 | 632 | #325 |
| 1986 | 693 | #296 |
| 1985 | 675 | #303 |
| 1984 | 732 | #284 |
| 1983 | 795 | #260 |
| 1982 | 842 | #259 |
| 1981 | 846 | #257 |
| 1980 | 859 | #257 |
| 1979 | 911 | #241 |
| 1978 | 935 | #226 |
| 1977 | 886 | #237 |
| 1976 | 953 | #219 |
| 1975 | 909 | #225 |
| 1974 | 1,005 | #213 |
| 1973 | 1,100 | #200 |
| 1972 | 1,214 | #191 |
| 1971 | 1,370 | #187 |
| 1970 | 1,384 | #193 |
| 1969 | 1,335 | #195 |
| 1968 | 1,382 | #184 |
| 1967 | 1,376 | #182 |
| 1966 | 1,531 | #176 |
| 1965 | 1,802 | #166 |
| 1964 | 1,775 | #166 |
| 1963 | 1,962 | #163 |
| 1962 | 1,950 | #163 |
| 1961 | 2,189 | #155 |
| 1960 | 2,198 | #157 |
| 1959 | 2,380 | #147 |
| 1958 | 2,525 | #138 |
| 1957 | 2,627 | #135 |
| 1956 | 2,953 | #120 |
| 1955 | 3,017 | #117 |
| 1954 | 3,182 | #108 |
| 1953 | 3,075 | #108 |
| 1952 | 3,157 | #102 |
| 1951 | 3,232 | #98 |
| 1950 | 3,340 | #95 |
| 1949 | 3,395 | #94 |
| 1948 | 3,790 | #87 |
| 1947 | 3,921 | #88 |
| 1946 | 3,567 | #89 |
| 1945 | 3,196 | #82 |
| 1944 | 3,575 | #74 |
| 1943 | 3,854 | #68 |
| 1942 | 3,741 | #67 |
| 1941 | 3,671 | #62 |
| 1940 | 3,487 | #64 |
| 1939 | 3,482 | #60 |
| 1938 | 3,639 | #58 |
| 1937 | 3,755 | #54 |
| 1936 | 3,772 | #52 |
| 1935 | 4,080 | #48 |
| 1934 | 4,213 | #45 |
| 1933 | 4,280 | #43 |
| 1932 | 4,895 | #40 |
| 1931 | 5,062 | #39 |
| 1930 | 5,498 | #39 |
| 1929 | 5,729 | #37 |
| 1928 | 6,068 | #35 |
| 1927 | 6,460 | #32 |
| 1926 | 6,537 | #29 |
| 1925 | 6,670 | #30 |
| 1924 | 6,895 | #29 |
| 1923 | 6,801 | #29 |
| 1922 | 6,861 | #29 |
| 1921 | 7,332 | #28 |
| 1920 | 7,221 | #26 |
| 1919 | 6,825 | #25 |
| 1918 | 7,187 | #23 |
| 1917 | 6,587 | #25 |
| 1916 | 6,304 | #24 |
| 1915 | 6,267 | #24 |
| 1914 | 4,909 | #22 |
| 1913 | 4,046 | #21 |
| 1912 | 3,590 | #21 |
| 1911 | 1,775 | #23 |
| 1910 | 1,706 | #20 |
| 1909 | 1,518 | #19 |
| 1908 | 1,428 | #19 |
| 1907 | 1,389 | #18 |
| 1906 | 1,319 | #18 |
| 1905 | 1,377 | #17 |
| 1904 | 1,310 | #17 |
| 1903 | 1,261 | #17 |
| 1902 | 1,292 | #17 |
| 1901 | 1,196 | #17 |
| 1900 | 1,483 | #18 |
| 1899 | 1,139 | #17 |
| 1898 | 1,326 | #17 |
| 1897 | 1,201 | #17 |
| 1896 | 1,254 | #17 |
| 1895 | 1,326 | #17 |
| 1894 | 1,185 | #17 |
| 1893 | 1,169 | #17 |
| 1892 | 1,276 | #17 |
| 1891 | 1,007 | #17 |
| 1890 | 1,018 | #17 |
| 1889 | 984 | #17 |
| 1888 | 1,022 | #17 |
| 1887 | 892 | #17 |
| 1886 | 995 | #17 |
| 1885 | 906 | #17 |
| 1884 | 889 | #18 |
| 1883 | 837 | #18 |
| 1882 | 837 | #20 |
| 1881 | 668 | #20 |
| 1880 | 730 | #21 |
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