Clem

Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,306 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #8,140
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1889 · 41 births
Debut · boys
22 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,275
since 1880

Clem over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clem has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #260, 1889boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017—#8,1409
2016——
2015—#12,0865
2014——
2013——
2012—#10,7706
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008—#9,8717
2007——
2006—#10,6626
2005——
2004——
2003——
2002——
2001—#7,5368
2000—#10,3495
1999——
1998——
1997——
1996——
1995——
1994—#6,9687
1993—#8,7005
1992—#8,4355
1991—#5,5219
1990—#7,1786
1989—#6,9416
1988—#4,7869
1987—#4,9688
1986——
1985—#3,59912
1984—#3,92510
1983—#3,41112
1982—#4,2349
1981—#3,22113
1980—#4,4958
1979—#3,81010
1978—#3,40011
1977—#3,60610
1976—#3,7249
1975—#3,07812
1974—#2,94612
1973—#5,1015
1972—#2,65913
1971—#2,55814
1970—#2,39915
1969—#1,72823
1968—#2,20014
1967—#1,80919
1966—#1,89117
1965—#1,72021
1964—#1,32735
1963—#1,58525
1962—#2,03516
1961—#1,43931
1960—#1,19343
1959—#1,46729
1958—#1,30535
1957—#1,15145
1956—#1,25737
1955—#1,39630
1954—#1,29234
1953—#1,07446
1952—#1,46127
1951—#1,24235
1950—#1,18137
1949—#96751
1948—#1,03746
1947—#95655
1946—#82663
1945—#96644
1944—#87053
1943—#95649
1942—#97047
1941—#93846
1940—#95245
1939—#93145
1938—#89749
1937—#89648
1936—#86150
1935—#90349
1934—#75166
1933—#75765
1932—#82160
1931—#92249
1930—#76570
1929—#75271
1928—#76771
1927—#66292
1926#4,3066#71679
1925—#68288
1924—#65397
1923—#73778
1922#5,0095#64898
1921—#80471
1920—#629100
1919—#63392
1918—#63294
1917#3,7137#589102
1916—#60692
1915#4,2745#59592
1914—#53684
1913—#61551
1912—#48466
1911#2,4635#64423
1910—#59823
1909—#48728
1908—#51324
1907—#46425
1906—#70912
1905#1,9315#41027
1904—#53817
1903—#50518
1902—#40425
1901—#46617
1900—#42428
1899—#39422
1898—#40324
1897—#35328
1896#1,5835#36727
1895#1,5925#34728
1894—#37624
1893—#33028
1892—#29239
1891—#36422
1890#1,2106#35125
1889#1,2795#26041
1888—#34329
1887—#29432
1886—#33625
1885—#28434
1884—#30632
1883—#29431
1882—#29434
1881—#39518
1880—#36322
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clem was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Clem is popular in 1893

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Clem
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
  • Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1907 (#709 → #464)
  • Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1906 (#410 → #709)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #260 (41 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,697
  • Highest: 1 in 2,697 boys born in 1889 were named Clem (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 205,662 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.8% of all boys named Clem (845) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s298#260 (1889)#317
1890s267#292 (1892)#358
1900s221#404 (1902)#492
1910s719#484 (1912)#593
1920s845#629 (1920)#705
1930s551#751 (1934)#850
1940s499#826 (1946)#944
1950s355#1,074 (1953)#1,283
1960s244#1,193 (1960)#1,693
1970s111#2,399 (1970)#3,328
1980s87#3,221 (1981)#4,398
1990s32#5,521 (1991)#7,360
2000s26#7,536 (2001)#9,605
2010s20#8,140 (2017)#10,332

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.

Clem in 1893

boys
#330
28 births · 1 in 4,011 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #330Clem28
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 4,011 of them was named Clem, which outranked 72.0% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clem
  1. #323Lucius29
  2. #323Lyle29
  3. #323Lyman29
  4. #330Clem28
  5. #330Adolphus28
  6. #330Allan28
  7. #330Clement28
  8. #341Emory27
  9. #341Hardy27
  10. #341Malcolm27

Tied with 10 names at #330; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 675Lindsay#1,066 → #391
  2. ↑ 528Carrie#1,066 → #538
  3. ↑ 528Ansel#1,066 → #538
  4. ↑ 528Jule#1,066 → #538
  5. ↑ 528Sanders#1,066 → #538
Fallers
  1. ↓ 488Levy#547 → #1,035
  2. ↓ 438Bonnie#597 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 438Carson#597 → #1,035
  4. ↓ 394Coy#641 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 394Helmer#641 → #1,035

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893 →