Clarence
Boy nameClarence has been given to 305,423 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921.
Meaning & origin /ˈklæɹəns/
Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from Clārensis (“from the town of Clare”), (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Italian Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c., a former fortress and settlement in the medieval Frankish Principality of Achaea in Greece.
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
305,423
Peak year
1921 (7,367 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -37%
Gender split
1% girls / 99% boys
Famous people named Clarence
Clarence Seedorf
Dutch association football player and manager
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and politician (1857–1938)
Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991
Clancy Brown
American actor (born 1959)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Clarence.
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