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How popular is “Clarence” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clarence” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Clarence” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Clarence” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Clarence” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Clarence” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Clarence” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clarence” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 737 0.003657859 7 730 -98%
1881 668 0.003466744 668 -100%
1882 837 0.003778218 837 -100%
1883 837 0.003858103 837 -100%
1884 894 0.003672046 5 889 -99%
1885 906 0.003761615 906 -100%
1886 995 0.003897131 995 -100%
1887 897 0.003625825 5 892 -99%
1888 1022 0.00341265 1022 -100%
1889 984 0.003405481 984 -100%
1890 1018 0.00337756 1018 -100%
1891 1007 0.003512713 1007 -100%
1892 1281 0.003831039 5 1276 -99%
1893 1175 0.003612906 6 1169 -99%
1894 1193 0.003522395 8 1185 -99%
1895 1340 0.003817446 14 1326 -98%
1896 1254 0.003507849 1254 -100%
1897 1201 0.003461524 1201 -100%
1898 1332 0.003491893 6 1326 -99%
1899 1148 0.003384095 9 1139 -98%
1900 1494 0.003318098 11 1483 -99%
1901 1208 0.003493228 12 1196 -98%
1902 1292 0.003340806 1292 -100%
1903 1267 0.003323714 6 1261 -99%
1904 1319 0.003269019 9 1310 -99%
1905 1385 0.003267111 8 1377 -99%
1906 1333 0.003111208 14 1319 -98%
1907 1400 0.00300823 11 1389 -98%
1908 1435 0.002936668 7 1428 -99%
1909 1518 0.002969344 1518 -100%
1910 1721 0.002913438 15 1706 -98%
1911 1790 0.002778304 15 1775 -98%
1912 3605 0.003648557 15 3590 -99%
1913 4068 0.00357749 22 4046 -99%
1914 4939 0.003487147 30 4909 -99%
1915 6293 0.003434245 26 6267 -99%
1916 6331 0.003272821 27 6304 -99%
1917 6623 0.003300361 36 6587 -99%
1918 7227 0.003328711 40 7187 -99%
1919 6871 0.00325602 46 6825 -99%
1920 7265 0.003210847 44 7221 -99%
1921 7367 0.003155701 35 7332 -99%
1922 6897 0.003012901 36 6861 -99%
1923 6836 0.002968971 35 6801 -99%
1924 6940 0.002913995 45 6895 -99%
1925 6713 0.002877039 43 6670 -99%
1926 6575 0.002863795 38 6537 -99%
1927 6498 0.002801637 38 6460 -99%
1928 6116 0.002705072 48 6068 -98%
1929 5772 0.002633018 43 5729 -99%
1930 5544 0.002493604 46 5498 -98%
1931 5107 0.002426834 45 5062 -98%
1932 4931 0.002335538 36 4895 -99%
1933 4307 0.002154096 27 4280 -99%
1934 4239 0.002041105 26 4213 -99%
1935 4098 0.001960859 18 4080 -99%
1936 3791 0.001824721 19 3772 -99%
1937 3777 0.001772682 21 3756 -99%
1938 3664 0.00165599 26 3638 -99%
1939 3501 0.001588878 18 3483 -99%
1940 3509 0.001523873 22 3487 -99%
1941 3694 0.001516156 23 3671 -99%
1942 3759 0.001376007 18 3741 -99%
1943 3872 0.001371805 18 3854 -99%
1944 3597 0.001337135 22 3575 -99%
1945 3219 0.001213385 23 3196 -99%
1946 3589 0.00112321 21 3568 -99%
1947 3938 0.001093184 18 3920 -99%
1948 3807 0.001102673 17 3790 -99%
1949 3418 0.000980838 23 3395 -99%
1950 3357 0.000958224 17 3340 -99%
1951 3256 0.000883885 24 3232 -99%
1952 3174 0.000835702 17 3157 -99%
1953 3095 0.000803136 19 3076 -99%
1954 3198 0.000803375 17 3181 -99%
1955 3033 0.000755402 17 3016 -99%
1956 2971 0.000720585 18 2953 -99%
1957 2641 0.000628489 14 2627 -99%
1958 2544 0.000615399 19 2525 -99%
1959 2398 0.000576721 19 2379 -98%
1960 2215 0.000533245 17 2198 -98%
1961 2201 0.000531347 11 2190 -99%
1962 1969 0.000487935 20 1949 -98%
1963 1975 0.000498964 12 1963 -99%
1964 1797 0.000462238 22 1775 -98%
1965 1816 0.000500903 14 1802 -98%
1966 1554 0.00044711 23 1531 -97%
1967 1389 0.000409143 13 1376 -98%
1968 1398 0.000413804 17 1381 -98%
1969 1350 0.000388453 13 1337 -98%
1970 1401 0.000388464 17 1384 -98%
1971 1387 0.000404096 17 1370 -98%
1972 1224 0.000389438 10 1214 -98%
1973 1111 0.00036826 11 1100 -98%
1974 1018 0.000334869 13 1005 -97%
1975 919 0.000304366 10 909 -98%
1976 970 0.000319678 17 953 -96%
1977 897 0.000282387 11 886 -98%
1978 949 0.000299004 14 935 -97%
1979 916 0.000275323 5 911 -99%
1980 868 0.000251995 9 859 -98%
1981 846 0.000244553 846 -100%
1982 854 0.000243446 12 842 -97%
1983 803 0.000231857 8 795 -98%
1984 741 0.000212397 9 732 -98%
1985 685 0.000191925 10 675 -97%
1986 698 0.000196228 5 693 -99%
1987 644 0.00017861 12 632 -96%
1988 664 0.0001797 9 655 -97%
1989 635 0.000165173 635 -100%
1990 623 0.000157623 5 618 -98%
1991 592 0.000151979 592 -100%
1992 523 0.000136153 5 518 -98%
1993 499 0.000132351 499 -100%
1994 483 0.000129921 483 -100%
1995 425 0.000116052 425 -100%
1996 376 0.000103093 376 -100%
1997 362 0.000099841 362 -100%
1998 349 0.000094883 349 -100%
1999 317 0.000085818 317 -100%
2000 310 0.000082013 310 -100%
2001 302 0.000080676 302 -100%
2002 262 0.000070086 262 -100%
2003 260 0.000068379 260 -100%
2004 250 0.000065429 250 -100%
2005 297 0.000077246 297 -100%
2006 249 0.000062939 249 -100%
2007 251 0.000062786 251 -100%
2008 218 0.000055461 218 -100%
2009 192 0.000050259 192 -100%
2010 199 0.000053846 199 -100%
2011 191 0.000052217 191 -100%
2012 191 0.000052223 191 -100%
2013 176 0.000048276 176 -100%
2014 197 0.000053152 197 -100%
2015 184 0.000049717 184 -100%
2016 156 0.000042522 156 -100%
2017 158 0.000044181 158 -100%
2018 173 0.000049205 173 -100%
2019 169 0.00004869 169 -100%
2020 135 0.000040412 135 -100%
2021 129 0.000038076 129 -100%
2022 137 0.000040495 137 -100%
2023 112 0.000033825 112 -100%
2024 111 0.000033348 111 -100%

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