Clement

Last seen for girls in 1936 at #3,701 · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1912 · 172 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,167
since 1880

Clement over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #266, 1912boys
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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—#2,25862
2024—#2,21065
2023—#2,38757
2022—#2,49355
2021—#2,30060
2020—#2,58649
2019—#2,62649
2018—#2,79643
2017—#2,31956
2016—#2,43752
2015—#2,72244
2014—#2,75443
2013—#2,76342
2012—#2,90540
2011—#3,23534
2010—#2,95839
2009—#3,72128
2008—#2,75344
2007—#2,68445
2006—#3,08335
2005—#2,23753
2004—#2,84336
2003—#2,84734
2002—#2,33744
2001—#2,30643
2000—#3,07528
1999—#2,46236
1998—#2,59932
1997—#2,02444
1996—#2,38033
1995—#2,34633
1994—#2,01241
1993—#1,82446
1992—#1,88443
1991—#1,69948
1990—#2,04936
1989—#1,67846
1988—#1,67142
1987—#1,97431
1986—#1,61740
1985—#1,42947
1984—#1,50741
1983—#1,27552
1982—#1,41545
1981—#1,43344
1980—#1,29152
1979—#1,17759
1978—#1,45241
1977—#1,31247
1976—#1,41140
1975—#1,32243
1974—#1,21547
1973—#1,16350
1972—#1,10754
1971—#1,13852
1970—#1,00565
1969—#98960
1968—#95858
1967—#85670
1966—#90164
1965—#80685
1964—#85479
1963—#81686
1962—#81786
1961—#735110
1960—#78894
1959—#671129
1958—#721106
1957—#671129
1956—#653135
1955—#629140
1954—#630137
1953—#653119
1952—#633123
1951—#585139
1950—#610126
1949—#618121
1948—#572136
1947—#545152
1946—#522151
1945—#515136
1944—#487156
1943—#476170
1942—#446192
1941—#428188
1940—#458160
1939—#456160
1938—#459158
1937—#414188
1936#3,7016#443161
1935—#417175
1934—#415182
1933—#402179
1932—#414183
1931—#371230
1930—#374229
1929—#378230
1928—#359258
1927—#362260
1926—#347278
1925—#339293
1924—#348287
1923—#331311
1922—#323317
1921—#341300
1920—#332308
1919—#328294
1918—#297344
1917—#305303
1916—#280333
1915—#275320
1914—#293232
1913—#285193
1912—#266172
1911—#27590
1910—#35951
1909—#28164
1908—#35541
1907—#27856
1906—#30445
1905—#32238
1904—#29443
1903—#31037
1902—#29142
1901—#34728
1900—#30148
1899—#31132
1898—#35030
1897—#28341
1896—#33132
1895—#34728
1894—#29834
1893—#33028
1892—#34130
1891—#27335
1890—#33527
1889—#33827
1888—#31432
1887—#27634
1886—#33226
1885—#6419
1884—#37522
1883—#29431
1882—#37023
1881—#34822
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clement was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

Where Clement is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Clement
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 48 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #2,258)
  • 328 spots since 2020 (#2,586 → #2,258)
  • 464 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #2,258)
  • Biggest jump: 309 spots in 1886 (#641 → #332)
  • Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1885 (#375 → #641)
Rise & fade · boys
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1912 at #266 (172 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 50 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 90 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,500
  • Highest: 1 in 2,500 boys born in 1912 were named Clement (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Clement (2,842) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s242#276 (1887)#373
1890s317#273 (1891)#320
1900s442#278 (1907)#308
1910s2,332#266 (1912)#296
1920s2,842#323 (1922)#346
1930s1,845#371 (1931)#417
1940s1,562#428 (1941)#507
1950s1,283#585 (1951)#646
1960s792#735 (1961)#852
1970s498#1,005 (1970)#1,230
1980s440#1,275 (1983)#1,529
1990s392#1,699 (1991)#2,128
2000s390#2,237 (2005)#2,789
2010s442#2,319 (2017)#2,752
2020s348#2,210 (2024)#2,372

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.

Clement in 1905

boys
#322
38 births · 1 in 3,482 boys

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #322Clement38
More about 1905

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 3,482 of them was named Clement, which outranked 77.3% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clement
  1. #319Al39
  2. #319Noel39
  3. #319Ora39
  4. #322Clement38
  5. #322Andy38
  6. #322Conrad38
  7. #322Cyril38
  8. #329Buford37
  9. #329Columbus37
  10. #329Elton37

Tied with 6 names at #322; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 590Ludwig#1,205 → #615
  2. ↑ 539Domenick#1,205 → #666
  3. ↑ 506Cloyd#1,205 → #699
  4. ↑ 506Conley#1,205 → #699
  5. ↑ 506Elgin#1,205 → #699
Fallers
  1. ↓ 621Urban#612 → #1,233
  2. ↓ 586Sammy#647 → #1,233
  3. ↓ 576Randall#515 → #1,091
  4. ↓ 553Santiago#538 → #1,091
  5. ↓ 547Duane#686 → #1,233

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →