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

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Peak · boys
1889 · 41 births
Debut · boys
22 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,275
since 1880

Clem over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #260, 1889boys
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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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#8,1409
2016
2015#12,0865
2014
2013
2012#10,7706
2011
2010
2009
2008#9,8717
2007
2006#10,6626
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001#7,5368
2000#10,3495
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994#6,9687
1993#8,7005
1992#8,4355
1991#5,5219
1990#7,1786
1989#6,9416
1988#4,7869
1987#4,9688
1986
1985#3,59912
1984#3,92510
1983#3,41112
1982#4,2349
1981#3,22113
1980#4,4958
1979#3,81010
1978#3,40011
1977#3,60610
1976#3,7249
1975#3,07812
1974#2,94612
1973#5,1015
1972#2,65913
1971#2,55814
1970#2,39915
1969#1,72823
1968#2,20014
1967#1,80919
1966#1,89117
1965#1,72021
1964#1,32735
1963#1,58525
1962#2,03516
1961#1,43931
1960#1,19343
1959#1,46729
1958#1,30535
1957#1,15145
1956#1,25737
1955#1,39630
1954#1,29234
1953#1,07446
1952#1,46127
1951#1,24235
1950#1,18137
1949#96751
1948#1,03746
1947#95655
1946#82663
1945#96644
1944#87053
1943#95649
1942#97047
1941#93846
1940#95245
1939#93145
1938#89749
1937#89648
1936#86150
1935#90349
1934#75166
1933#75765
1932#82160
1931#92249
1930#76570
1929#75271
1928#76771
1927#66292
1926#4,3066#71679
1925#68288
1924#65397
1923#73778
1922#5,0095#64898
1921#80471
1920#629100
1919#63392
1918#63294
1917#3,7137#589102
1916#60692
1915#4,2745#59592
1914#53684
1913#61551
1912#48466
1911#2,4635#64423
1910#59823
1909#48728
1908#51324
1907#46425
1906#70912
1905#1,9315#41027
1904#53817
1903#50518
1902#40425
1901#46617
1900#42428
1899#39422
1898#40324
1897#35328
1896#1,5835#36727
1895#1,5925#34728
1894#37624
1893#33028
1892#29239
1891#36422
1890#1,2106#35125
1889#1,2795#26041
1888#34329
1887#29432
1886#33625
1885#28434
1884#30632
1883#29431
1882#29434
1881#39518
1880#36322
First appearance
1880

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.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
  • Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1907 (#709#464)
  • Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1906 (#410#709)
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #260 (41 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1947
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,697
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.8% of all boys named Clem (845) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s298#260 (1889)#317
1890s267#292 (1892)#358
1900s221#404 (1902)#492
1910s719#484 (1912)#593
1920s845#629 (1920)#705
1930s551#751 (1934)#850
1940s499#826 (1946)#944
1950s355#1,074 (1953)#1,283
1960s244#1,193 (1960)#1,693
1970s111#2,399 (1970)#3,328
1980s87#3,221 (1981)#4,398
1990s32#5,521 (1991)#7,360
2000s26#7,536 (2001)#9,605
2010s20#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 1924

boys
#653
97 births · 1 in 11,678 boys

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #653Clem97
More about 1924

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 11,678 of them was named Clem, which outranked 86.9% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clem
  1. #647Lupe98
  2. #647Otho98
  3. #647Shelton98
  4. #653Clem97
  5. #653Domenick97
  6. #653Jonathan97
  7. #653Theo97
  8. #657Alphonso96
  9. #657Bennett96
  10. #657Isidore96

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924