Clem

Where Clem comes from

Shortening.
— Wiktionary's entry for Clem
Along the way
  1. 1877
    Clem Hill born
    Australian cricketer
  2. 1879
    Clem Bevans born
    American actor
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #363 among boys — 22 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1889
    Peak, #260
    41 babies named Clem — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #466.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Clement.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.
Namesakes
  • Clem Bevans · American actor, 1879–1963
  • Clem Hill · Australian cricketer, 1877–1945
  • Clem Beauchamp · American actor and director, 1898–1992
  • Clem Clempson · English guitarist, born 1949
  • Clem Ohameze · Nigerian actor, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.