Boy · English
Clarence
Say it: KLAIR-ence
Meaning
From the title Duke of Clarence, named after Clare in Suffolk.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Among the top American boys' names of the 1880s and 1890s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 304,796 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1886, about 1 in 111 boys
- 134 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Clarence Darrow, American lawyer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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