Clarance is a boy name with a rare feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Clarance means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Clarance across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Clarance has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Clarance is a boy name of Latin origin meaning “variant of Clarence, bright, clear”. A respelling of Clarence, from the Latin clarus meaning bright.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,078 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Clarance per year, United States (1880 to 2009). United States peaked in 1926 (109/yr).
Clarance is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1926, when it ranked #1,264 nationally (given to 109 babies that year).
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