Clemence
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- Last seen for boys in 1962 at #3,305
- Given to girls 56.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1890 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 548since 1886
Clemence over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #10,107 | 9 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
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| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,960 | 16 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,591 | 23 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five girls were named Clemence! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Clemence is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Clemence in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,154 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #10,107)
- 4,375 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #10,107)
- Biggest jump: 127 spots in 1901
- Biggest drop: 557 spots in 1902
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1890 at #872 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1886–1901
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,096
- Highest: 1 in 17,096 girls born in 1901 were named Clemence (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #872 in 1890, was only 1 in 19,038 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 23.0% of all girls named Clemence (126) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
- Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #993 (1886) | #1,135 |
| 1890s | 73 | #872 (1890) | #1,163 |
| 1900s | 90 | #881 (1901) | #1,422 |
| 1910s | 126 | #1,372 (1911) | #2,070 |
| 1920s | 94 | #2,282 (1921) | #3,342 |
| 1930s | 25 | #3,055 (1930) | #3,900 |
| 1940s | 6 | #3,954 (1941) | #3,954 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,430 (1994) | #13,430 |
| 2000s | 16 | #15,405 (2008) | #16,622 |
| 2010s | 60 | #8,597 (2019) | #12,803 |
| 2020s | 42 | #8,953 (2020) | #11,157 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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