Clearance Popularity by Year
Follow Clearance across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Clearance birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Boys | 8 | #3,622 | Up 341 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Down 33 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Down 886 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 8 | #3,044 | Up 989 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 5 | #4,033 | Down 1,348 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 10 | #2,685 | Up 934 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 6 | #3,619 | Down 67 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 6 | #3,552 | Down 17 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 6 | #3,535 | Down 571 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 8 | #2,964 | Up 488 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 6 | #3,452 | Down 743 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 9 | #2,709 | Up 135 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 8 | #2,844 | Up 177 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 7 | #3,021 | Up 669 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 5 | #3,690 | Down 902 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 8 | #2,788 | Down 800 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 15 | #1,988 | Up 1,537 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Down 1,283 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 10 | #2,242 | Down 254 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 13 | #1,988 | Down 78 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 15 | #1,910 | Down 414 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 22 | #1,496 | Up 263 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 16 | #1,759 | Up 224 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 13 | #1,983 | Up 67 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 12 | #2,050 | Down 232 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 15 | #1,818 | Down 130 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 17 | #1,688 | Up 374 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 12 | #2,062 | Down 305 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 16 | #1,757 | Down 400 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 25 | #1,357 | Up 99 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 22 | #1,456 | Up 466 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 15 | #1,922 | Down 79 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 16 | #1,843 | Down 22 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 17 | #1,821 | Up 112 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 16 | #1,933 | Down 453 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 25 | #1,480 | Up 36 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 25 | #1,516 | Up 204 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 20 | #1,720 | Down 330 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 28 | #1,390 | Up 187 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 24 | #1,577 | Up 647 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 14 | #2,224 | Down 341 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 18 | #1,883 | Down 117 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 20 | #1,766 | Up 465 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 14 | #2,231 | Up 884 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 8 | #3,115 | Up 253 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 7 | #3,368 | Down 1,277 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 14 | #2,091 | Up 168 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 12 | #2,259 | Up 823 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 7 | #3,082 | Down 431 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 7 | #2,651 | Down 1,521 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 5 | #1,130 | — |