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Clarence

The name Clarence carries the meaning "Bright", with roots in Latin. It belongs mostly to the 1920s at this point. These days, it is familiar to most people. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.

LatinBright
LatinIllustrious
Births by decade
1900s
13,651
1910s
49,468
1920s
66,981
1930s
42,948
1940s
36,395
1950s
29,653
1960s
17,666
1970s
10,796
1980s
7,438
1990s
4,545
2000s
2,584
2010s
1,442
Peaked in the 1920s · 283,567 total U.S. births since 1900