Clint

Where Clint comes from

Clint hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #325 among boys — 27 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1930
    Clint Eastwood born
    American actor and film director
  3. 1959
    Clint Howard born
    American actor
  4. 1980
    Peak, #195
    1,274 babies named Clint — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #321.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Clint Eastwood · American actor and film director, born 1930
  • Clint Howard · American actor, born 1959
  • Clint Walker · American actor, 1927–2018
  • Clint Capela · Swiss basketball player, born 1994
  • Clint Mathis · American soccer player, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.