Clemence

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #3,305
Given to girls 56.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1890 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
548
since 1886

Clemence over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #872, 1890peak #810, 1904girlsboys
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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#10,1079
2024
2023#15,1945
2022#10,3839
2021#11,1468
2020#8,95311
2019#8,59712
2018#15,6825
2017#11,6158
2016#10,8599
2015#14,4826
2014#14,5586
2013#13,1507
2012#13,4837
2011
2010
2009#17,2945
2008#15,4056
2007
2006#17,1685
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1994#13,4305
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1962#3,3057
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1948#3,6685
1947
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1945
1944#2,8627
1943
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1941#3,9546
1940
1939
1938#3,5345
1937
1936#3,5495
1935#2,02913
1934#3,8026#2,5639
1933#2,36810
1932#4,4115#2,46510
1931#4,3315
1930#3,0559#2,7819
1929#2,92110#1,84817
1928#4,1956#1,96016
1927#3,2849#1,95917
1926#3,8737#2,18614
1925#2,93911#2,01216
1924#4,0027#2,13215
1923#3,6418#2,22414
1922#3,3799#1,59123
1921#2,28216#1,90418
1920#2,89911#1,64222
1919#2,06317#1,69520
1918#2,67412#1,53923
1917#1,77320#1,69319
1916#2,65811#1,69818
1915#1,88317#1,55320
1914#1,89613#1,26022
1913#1,88311#1,9459
1912#2,3607#1,61910
1911#1,37212
1910#2,1406#1,4216
1909#1,9576
1908#2,1015
1907#1,6397#1,3455
1906#1,04313
1905#1,5387
1904#1,17010#8109
1903#1,4407
1902#1,4387
1901#88114
1900#1,00814
1899#1,3946
1898#1,09810
1897#1,0949
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2028
1894#1,1368
1893#1,1757#1,0355
1892#1,4505
1891
1890#87210
1889
1888#1,2765
1887
1886#9936
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Clemence! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Clemence
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,154 spots since 2020 (#8,953#10,107)
  • 4,375 spots since 2015 (#14,482#10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 127 spots in 1901 (#1,008#881)
  • Biggest drop: 557 spots in 1902 (#881#1,438)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1890 at #872 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1886–1901
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,096
  • Highest: 1 in 17,096 girls born in 1901 were named Clemence (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #872 in 1890, was only 1 in 19,038 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 23.0% of all girls named Clemence (126) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
  • Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#993 (1886)#1,135
1890s73#872 (1890)#1,163
1900s90#881 (1901)#1,422
1910s126#1,372 (1911)#2,070
1920s94#2,282 (1921)#3,342
1930s25#3,055 (1930)#3,900
1940s6#3,954 (1941)#3,954
1950s0
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s5#13,430 (1994)#13,430
2000s16#15,405 (2008)#16,622
2010s60#8,597 (2019)#12,803
2020s42#8,953 (2020)#11,157

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.

Clemence in 1904

girls
#1,170
10 births · 1 in 27,536 girls
boys
#810
9 births · 1 in 14,236 boys

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #1,170Clemence10

Top boys' names in 1904

  1. #1John8,108
  2. #2William6,416
  3. #3James5,855
  4. #4George4,219
  5. #5Robert3,414
  6. #6Charles3,406
  7. #7Joseph3,291
  8. #8Frank2,799
  9. #9Edward2,335
  10. #10Henry2,085
  11. #810Clemence9
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 27,536 of them was named Clemence, which outranked 46.0% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clemence
  1. #1,092Vernal11
  2. #1,092Vlasta11
  3. #1,092Zenobia11
  4. #1,170Clemence10
  5. #1,170America10
  6. #1,170Anabel10
  7. #1,170Annice10
  8. #1,251Adelene9
  9. #1,251Aimee9
  10. #1,251Alcie9

Tied with 80 names at #1,170; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. 882Electa#1,592#710
  2. 882Edris#1,792#910
  3. 827Lannie#1,792#965
  4. 827Madalyn#1,792#965
  5. 800Amber#1,440#640
Fallers
  1. 1,041Genie#836#1,877
  2. 981Doshie#896#1,877
  3. 981Matilde#896#1,877
  4. 908Aida#969#1,877
  5. 908Silvia#969#1,877

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

boys

128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 14,236 of them was named Clemence, which outranked 41.9% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clemence
  1. #760Toney10
  2. #760Waino10
  3. #760Zack10
  4. #810Clemence9
  5. #810Addison9
  6. #810Alfonzo9
  7. #810Alice9
  8. #874Acie8
  9. #874Adrain8
  10. #874Adron8

Tied with 63 names at #810; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. 615Adelbert#1,130#515
  2. 592Hunter#1,130#538
  3. 564Mac#1,130#566
  4. 564Manley#1,130#566
  5. 483Hezekiah#1,130#647
Fallers
  1. 629Bessie#576#1,205
  2. 629Reynold#576#1,205
  3. 610Nat#595#1,205
  4. 586Minnie#619#1,205
  5. 586Ludwig#619#1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1904