Clemens

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312

Peak · boys
1890 · 10 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,641
since 1885

Clemens over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clemens has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #629, 1890boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#8,3129
2023—
2022—
2021#12,1465
2020#9,5547
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015#10,6446
2014—
2013—
2012#10,7706
2011#12,2875
2010#10,7666
2009—
2008#9,8717
2007—
2006—
2005#7,6409
2004—
2003#7,2459
2002#10,6675
2001#6,9359
2000#9,1126
1999#7,8747
1998—
1997#9,2655
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992#7,4226
1991#6,5197
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987#4,9688
1986—
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1973—
1972—
1971#4,9075
1970—
1969—
1968#3,6736
1967#3,2317
1966—
1965—
1964#3,0508
1963#4,0485
1962#4,0335
1961—
1960—
1959#3,9885
1958#3,5596
1957#2,8229
1956#2,9698
1955#2,13914
1954#3,8275
1953#3,4256
1952#3,3736
1951#2,8448
1950#2,43810
1949#2,22512
1948#1,75818
1947#2,8628
1946#1,94914
1945#1,92613
1944#2,30910
1943#1,30828
1942#1,73017
1941#1,75916
1940#1,28827
1939#1,79515
1938#1,55919
1937#1,52820
1936#1,96413
1935#1,65618
1934#1,49821
1933#1,15932
1932#1,99514
1931#1,17034
1930#1,08041
1929#1,21433
1928#1,29331
1927#1,01248
1926#1,19236
1925#98448
1924#1,04546
1923#1,00848
1922#94155
1921#88462
1920#84664
1919#89855
1918#80566
1917#78065
1916#76364
1915#75962
1914#87039
1913#69643
1912#80030
1911#1,2908
1910#82214
1909#1,1557
1908#1,2176
1907—
1906#1,0047
1905#69912
1904#1,0646
1903—
1902#1,1375
1901—
1900#1,3105
1899#1,0515
1898#1,1215
1897—
1896—
1895#8727
1894#1,0745
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890#62910
1889#9745
1888—
1887—
1886#7587
1885#7657
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Clemens! It came in at #765, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Clemens is popular in 1914

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedILWisconsin: #271 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,643 boysWIMichigan: #273 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,563 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Clemens, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#271 · 1 in 2,643
  2. Michigan#273 · 1 in 2,563

Best ever in a state: #153 in North Dakota, 1927.

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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 Clemens
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1912 (#1,290 → #800)
  • Biggest drop: 468 spots in 1911 (#822 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1890 at #629 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1912–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,026
  • Highest: 1 in 11,026 boys born in 1905 were named Clemens (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #629 in 1890, was only 1 in 11,102 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 28.7% of all boys named Clemens (471) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s19#758 (1886)#832
1890s32#629 (1890)#949
1900s48#699 (1905)#1,084
1910s446#696 (1913)#848
1920s471#846 (1920)#1,042
1930s227#1,080 (1930)#1,540
1940s163#1,288 (1940)#1,911
1950s77#2,139 (1955)#3,138
1960s31#3,050 (1964)#3,607
1970s5#4,907 (1971)#4,907
1980s8#4,968 (1987)#4,968
1990s25#6,519 (1991)#7,770
2000s45#6,935 (2001)#8,578
2010s23#10,644 (2015)#11,117
2020s21#8,312 (2024)#10,004

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.

Clemens in 1914

boys
#870
39 births · 1 in 16,789 boys

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #870Clemens39
More about 1914

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 16,789 of them was named Clemens, which outranked 76.9% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clemens
  1. #855Toney40
  2. #855Weston40
  3. #855Wylie40
  4. #870Clemens39
  5. #870Enos39
  6. #870Ewald39
  7. #870Godfrey39
  8. #884Armin38
  9. #884Cleon38
  10. #884Craig38

Tied with 13 names at #870; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 817Gilmore#1,803 → #986
  2. ↑ 647Santos#1,580 → #933
  3. ↑ 546Lorenza#1,365 → #819
  4. ↑ 534Bobby#1,441 → #907
  5. ↑ 534Gino#1,441 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 918Bernardo#950 → #1,868
  2. ↓ 692Eston#995 → #1,687
  3. ↓ 692Rolf#995 → #1,687
  4. ↓ 613Orson#995 → #1,608
  5. ↓ 458West#930 → #1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914 →