Clemens
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,641since 1885
Clemens over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Clemens has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,159 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,080 | 41 |
| 1929 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,012 | 48 |
| 1926 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1925 | #984 | 48 |
| 1924 | #1,045 | 46 |
| 1923 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1922 | #941 | 55 |
| 1921 | #884 | 62 |
| 1920 | #846 | 64 |
| 1919 | #898 | 55 |
| 1918 | #805 | 66 |
| 1917 | #780 | 65 |
| 1916 | #763 | 64 |
| 1915 | #759 | 62 |
| 1914 | #870 | 39 |
| 1913 | #696 | 43 |
| 1912 | #800 | 30 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #629 | 10 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #758 | 7 |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five boys were named Clemens! It came in at #765, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1912 (#1,290 → #800)
- Biggest drop: 468 spots in 1911 (#822 → #1,290)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1890 at #629 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1912–1922
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,026
- Highest: 1 in 11,026 boys born in 1905 were named Clemens (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #629 in 1890, was only 1 in 11,102 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 28.7% of all boys named Clemens (471) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #758 (1886) | #832 |
| 1890s | 32 | #629 (1890) | #949 |
| 1900s | 48 | #699 (1905) | #1,084 |
| 1910s | 446 | #696 (1913) | #848 |
| 1920s | 471 | #846 (1920) | #1,042 |
| 1930s | 227 | #1,080 (1930) | #1,540 |
| 1940s | 163 | #1,288 (1940) | #1,911 |
| 1950s | 77 | #2,139 (1955) | #3,138 |
| 1960s | 31 | #3,050 (1964) | #3,607 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,907 (1971) | #4,907 |
| 1980s | 8 | #4,968 (1987) | #4,968 |
| 1990s | 25 | #6,519 (1991) | #7,770 |
| 2000s | 45 | #6,935 (2001) | #8,578 |
| 2010s | 23 | #10,644 (2015) | #11,117 |
| 2020s | 21 | #8,312 (2024) | #10,004 |
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.
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