Clemmie

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464 · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
Given to girls 73.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 22 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,637
since 1880

Clemmie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #425, 1884peak #857, 1894girlsboys
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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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1994—#7,7706
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1988—#5,2008
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1985—#6,5235
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1982—#6,3855
1981—#6,2625
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1979—#6,0565
1978—#5,7725
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1975—#4,3097
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1973#5,5809—
1972—#2,53414
1971—#3,6588
1970#7,0706#3,5218
1969#5,9747#3,5957
1968—#2,9079
1967#6,0426#3,2317
1966—#3,5376
1965#4,4949#2,47611
1964#6,7675#4,0395
1963#4,5399#2,30013
1962—#2,67310
1961#3,60813#3,6526
1960#4,4379#2,68510
1959#2,76018#1,62024
1958#3,08515#2,37012
1957#3,30913#2,49411
1956#3,04815#2,16814
1955#2,63518#2,04815
1954#3,49011#1,88717
1953#2,51618#2,53110
1952#2,26621#1,61522
1951#2,31419#1,48925
1950#1,87126#1,87916
1949#1,84527#2,22512
1948#1,62133#1,75818
1947#1,66133#1,73319
1946#1,97022#1,47523
1945#1,35635#1,77215
1944#1,60926#2,19511
1943#1,66426#1,83316
1942#1,63026#1,73017
1941#1,33533#1,68517
1940#1,51826#1,33425
1939#1,42427#2,8297
1938#1,25034#1,61318
1937#1,33030#1,82815
1936#1,29631#2,8547
1935#1,19735#1,39024
1934#1,20535#1,65818
1933#1,14038#1,49821
1932#1,38229#1,92215
1931#1,14839#1,77017
1930#1,12843#1,39927
1929#1,22337#1,93316
1928#1,11546#1,82218
1927#1,09748#1,69221
1926#1,04551#1,60522
1925#1,08949#2,31313
1924#1,24441#2,13215
1923#94161#2,22414
1922#1,05951#1,64422
1921#98757#2,26514
1920#98955#2,33613
1919#1,05747#2,51111
1918#96056#2,16514
1917#86663#1,69319
1916#85663#2,04314
1915#89254#2,07013
1914#74759#2,6517
1913#88136#2,0928
1912#67854#1,8858
1911#73335#1,5376
1910#72334#1,3147
1909#58044#1,1557
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1899#55030#1,0515
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1895#62224—
1894#56826#8577
1893#61422—
1892#43438#1,0665
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clemmie was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Clemmie is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #358 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,438 girlsARTennessee: #466 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,142 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #274 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,912 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedHITexas: #711 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,075 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Clemmie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#274 · 1 in 1,912
  2. Arkansas#358 · 1 in 2,438
  3. Tennessee#466 · 1 in 5,142
  4. Texas#711 · 1 in 7,075

Best ever in a state: #247 in Tennessee, 1911.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#274141 in 1,912
Arkansas#35881 in 2,438
Tennessee#46651 in 5,142
Texas#71171 in 7,075
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Clemmie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 200 spots in 1888 (#733 → #533)
  • Biggest drop: 303 spots in 1924 (#941 → #1,244)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #425 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1880–1918
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,588
  • Highest: 1 in 5,588 girls born in 1892 were named Clemmie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #425 in 1884, was only 1 in 5,865 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 19.0% of all girls named Clemmie (501) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2021
  • Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s158#425 (1884)#545
1890s277#434 (1892)#556
1900s324#556 (1900)#620
1910s501#678 (1912)#839
1920s496#941 (1923)#1,079
1930s341#1,128 (1930)#1,250
1940s287#1,335 (1941)#1,621
1950s174#1,871 (1950)#2,729
1960s58#3,608 (1961)#5,123
1970s15#5,580 (1973)#6,325
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s0——
2020s6#13,464 (2021)#13,464

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.

Clemmie in 1918

girls
#960
56 births · 1 in 20,672 girls
boys
#2,165
14 births · 1 in 72,391 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #960Clemmie56

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #2,165Clemmie14
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 20,672 of them was named Clemmie, which outranked 82.8% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clemmie
  1. #948Marilynn57
  2. #948Vena57
  3. #948Yoshiko57
  4. #960Clemmie56
  5. #960Bernetta56
  6. #960Jesse56
  7. #960Jessica56
  8. #969Elberta55
  9. #969Exie55
  10. #969Gladyce55

Tied with 8 names at #960; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 72,391 of them was named Clemmie, which outranked 55.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clemmie
  1. #2,073Worley15
  2. #2,073Yasuo15
  3. #2,073Yukio15
  4. #2,165Clemmie14
  5. #2,165Alfio14
  6. #2,165Alvia14
  7. #2,165Amel14
  8. #2,260Admiral13
  9. #2,260Aldrich13
  10. #2,260Alexis13

Tied with 94 names at #2,165; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918 →