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
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 41 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,275since 1880
Clem over time
Rank among boys' names. Clem has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,809 | 19 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,327 | 35 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,193 | 43 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,467 | 29 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,305 | 35 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,257 | 37 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,396 | 30 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,292 | 34 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,074 | 46 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,461 | 27 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,242 | 35 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1947 | — | #956 | 55 | |
| 1946 | — | #826 | 63 | |
| 1945 | — | #966 | 44 | |
| 1944 | — | #870 | 53 | |
| 1943 | — | #956 | 49 | |
| 1942 | — | #970 | 47 | |
| 1941 | — | #938 | 46 | |
| 1940 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1939 | — | #931 | 45 | |
| 1938 | — | #897 | 49 | |
| 1937 | — | #896 | 48 | |
| 1936 | — | #861 | 50 | |
| 1935 | — | #903 | 49 | |
| 1934 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1933 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1932 | — | #821 | 60 | |
| 1931 | — | #922 | 49 | |
| 1930 | — | #765 | 70 | |
| 1929 | — | #752 | 71 | |
| 1928 | — | #767 | 71 | |
| 1927 | — | #662 | 92 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #716 | 79 |
| 1925 | — | #682 | 88 | |
| 1924 | — | #653 | 97 | |
| 1923 | — | #737 | 78 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #648 | 98 |
| 1921 | — | #804 | 71 | |
| 1920 | — | #629 | 100 | |
| 1919 | — | #633 | 92 | |
| 1918 | — | #632 | 94 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #589 | 102 |
| 1916 | — | #606 | 92 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #595 | 92 |
| 1914 | — | #536 | 84 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #484 | 66 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #644 | 23 |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #487 | 28 | |
| 1908 | — | #513 | 24 | |
| 1907 | — | #464 | 25 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #410 | 27 |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #404 | 25 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #424 | 28 | |
| 1899 | — | #394 | 22 | |
| 1898 | — | #403 | 24 | |
| 1897 | — | #353 | 28 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #367 | 27 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #347 | 28 |
| 1894 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1893 | — | #330 | 28 | |
| 1892 | — | #292 | 39 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #351 | 25 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #260 | 41 |
| 1888 | — | #343 | 29 | |
| 1887 | — | #294 | 32 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #284 | 34 | |
| 1884 | — | #306 | 32 | |
| 1883 | — | #294 | 31 | |
| 1882 | — | #294 | 34 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
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 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#526 · 1 in 19,772
- Texas#867 · 1 in 16,342
Best ever in a state: #194 in Indiana, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #526 | 6 | 1 in 19,772 |
| Texas | #867 | 6 | 1 in 16,342 |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Clem
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1907 (#709 → #464)
- Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1906 (#410 → #709)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #260 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
- 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%)
- 19.8% of all boys named Clem (845) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 298 | #260 (1889) | #317 |
| 1890s | 267 | #292 (1892) | #358 |
| 1900s | 221 | #404 (1902) | #492 |
| 1910s | 719 | #484 (1912) | #593 |
| 1920s | 845 | #629 (1920) | #705 |
| 1930s | 551 | #751 (1934) | #850 |
| 1940s | 499 | #826 (1946) | #944 |
| 1950s | 355 | #1,074 (1953) | #1,283 |
| 1960s | 244 | #1,193 (1960) | #1,693 |
| 1970s | 111 | #2,399 (1970) | #3,328 |
| 1980s | 87 | #3,221 (1981) | #4,398 |
| 1990s | 32 | #5,521 (1991) | #7,360 |
| 2000s | 26 | #7,536 (2001) | #9,605 |
| 2010s | 20 | #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 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 33,265 of them was named Clem, which outranked 77.6% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).