NameTides

Clarence

Clarence was the #1,499 boys' name in the US in 2025 (117 babies), and #1,083 in Canada.

Clarence as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Clarence as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Clarence as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,499 (117)—#1,083 (23)
2024#1,551 (113)#4,271 (4)#1,246 (18)
2023#1,558 (112)#2,547 (8)#1,150 (19)
2022#1,366 (137)#3,049 (6)#1,483 (13)
2021#1,419 (129)#2,730 (7)#1,406 (14)
2020#1,325 (135)#2,076 (10)#1,129 (19)
2019#1,152 (169)#1,587 (15)#1,375 (14)
2018#1,119 (173)#3,011 (6)#964 (23)
2017#1,182 (158)#1,703 (14)#1,246 (16)
2016#1,208 (156)#2,335 (9)#1,487 (12)
2015#1,070 (185)#4,747 (3)#1,319 (14)
2014#1,028 (197)#3,362 (5)#1,250 (15)
2013#1,065 (176)#3,822 (4)#1,771 (9)
2012#1,023 (191)#2,721 (7)#1,403 (13)
2011#1,010 (191)#2,892 (6)#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1895 at #17.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Clarence is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clarence by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #999MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,998CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Clarence (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#31215
Ontario2024#1,5176

Clarence (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ClarenceCanadaGirls—too few
ClarenceCanadaBoys#1,08323
ClarenceEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ClarenceNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ClarenceNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ClarenceUSGirls—too few
ClarenceUSBoys#1,499117