Clell
Last seen for boys in 1988 at #6,426
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,221since 1884
Clell over time
Rank among boys' names. Clell has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,114 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,667 | 20 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,143 | 12 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1923 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1919 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #1,072 | 36 |
| 1915 | #1,015 | 39 |
| 1914 | #1,342 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Clell! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Clell is popular in 1884
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Clell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1988
- Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1899 (#1,121 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1909 (#877 → #1,277)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1899 at #714 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1900, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1884–1885
- Highest: 1 in 11,801 boys born in 1899 were named Clell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 319,047 boys born in 1988 (0.00%)
- 26.8% of all boys named Clell (327) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #836 (1885) | #904 |
| 1890s | 28 | #714 (1899) | #901 |
| 1900s | 37 | #836 (1905) | #1,022 |
| 1910s | 232 | #1,015 (1915) | #1,266 |
| 1920s | 327 | #1,005 (1924) | #1,299 |
| 1930s | 226 | #1,243 (1936) | #1,468 |
| 1940s | 145 | #1,532 (1941) | #1,953 |
| 1950s | 101 | #1,972 (1951) | #2,499 |
| 1960s | 75 | #2,315 (1960) | #3,165 |
| 1970s | 26 | #4,230 (1970) | #5,159 |
| 1980s | 13 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,683 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Clell in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 22,888 of them was named Clell, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.