Given name
Clarance
“from the Clare river”
Clarance is a variant of Clarence. One Irish interpretation is “from the Clare river.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Clarance is a variant of Clarence. One Irish interpretation is “from the Clare river.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Clarance is a variant of Clarence. An origin associated with Clarence is Celtic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Clarance through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,078
- 4,078 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 109 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 109 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 787 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Clarance’s family of names
Clarance has a related form in Clarence.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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