Clem
Last seen for girls in 1926 at #4,306 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #8,140
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 41 births
- Debut · boys
- 22 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,275since 1880
Clem over time
Rank among boys' names. Clem has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,946 | 12 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,558 | 14 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,809 | 19 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,327 | 35 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,193 | 43 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,467 | 29 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,305 | 35 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,257 | 37 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,396 | 30 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,292 | 34 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,074 | 46 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,461 | 27 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,242 | 35 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1947 | — | #956 | 55 | |
| 1946 | — | #826 | 63 | |
| 1945 | — | #966 | 44 | |
| 1944 | — | #870 | 53 | |
| 1943 | — | #956 | 49 | |
| 1942 | — | #970 | 47 | |
| 1941 | — | #938 | 46 | |
| 1940 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1939 | — | #931 | 45 | |
| 1938 | — | #897 | 49 | |
| 1937 | — | #896 | 48 | |
| 1936 | — | #861 | 50 | |
| 1935 | — | #903 | 49 | |
| 1934 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1933 | — | #757 | 65 | |
| 1932 | — | #821 | 60 | |
| 1931 | — | #922 | 49 | |
| 1930 | — | #765 | 70 | |
| 1929 | — | #752 | 71 | |
| 1928 | — | #767 | 71 | |
| 1927 | — | #662 | 92 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #716 | 79 |
| 1925 | — | #682 | 88 | |
| 1924 | — | #653 | 97 | |
| 1923 | — | #737 | 78 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #648 | 98 |
| 1921 | — | #804 | 71 | |
| 1920 | — | #629 | 100 | |
| 1919 | — | #633 | 92 | |
| 1918 | — | #632 | 94 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #589 | 102 |
| 1916 | — | #606 | 92 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #595 | 92 |
| 1914 | — | #536 | 84 | |
| 1913 | — | #615 | 51 | |
| 1912 | — | #484 | 66 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #644 | 23 |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #487 | 28 | |
| 1908 | — | #513 | 24 | |
| 1907 | — | #464 | 25 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #410 | 27 |
| 1904 | — | #538 | 17 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #404 | 25 | |
| 1901 | — | #466 | 17 | |
| 1900 | — | #424 | 28 | |
| 1899 | — | #394 | 22 | |
| 1898 | — | #403 | 24 | |
| 1897 | — | #353 | 28 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #367 | 27 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | #347 | 28 |
| 1894 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1893 | — | #330 | 28 | |
| 1892 | — | #292 | 39 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | #351 | 25 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #260 | 41 |
| 1888 | — | #343 | 29 | |
| 1887 | — | #294 | 32 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #284 | 34 | |
| 1884 | — | #306 | 32 | |
| 1883 | — | #294 | 31 | |
| 1882 | — | #294 | 34 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #363 | 22 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clem was already there! It came in at #363, and was given to 22 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Clem
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1907 (#709 → #464)
- Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1906 (#410 → #709)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1889 at #260 (41 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
- Highest: 1 in 2,697 boys born in 1889 were named Clem (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 205,662 boys born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 19.8% of all boys named Clem (845) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 298 | #260 (1889) | #317 |
| 1890s | 267 | #292 (1892) | #358 |
| 1900s | 221 | #404 (1902) | #492 |
| 1910s | 719 | #484 (1912) | #593 |
| 1920s | 845 | #629 (1920) | #705 |
| 1930s | 551 | #751 (1934) | #850 |
| 1940s | 499 | #826 (1946) | #944 |
| 1950s | 355 | #1,074 (1953) | #1,283 |
| 1960s | 244 | #1,193 (1960) | #1,693 |
| 1970s | 111 | #2,399 (1970) | #3,328 |
| 1980s | 87 | #3,221 (1981) | #4,398 |
| 1990s | 32 | #5,521 (1991) | #7,360 |
| 2000s | 26 | #7,536 (2001) | #9,605 |
| 2010s | 20 | #8,140 (2017) | #10,332 |
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.
Clem in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Clem, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 11,104 of them was named Clem, which outranked 87.0% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).