Clemens

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312

Peak · boys
1890 · 10 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,641
since 1885

Clemens over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clemens has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #629, 1890boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024#8,3129
2023
2022
2021#12,1465
2020#9,5547
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015#10,6446
2014
2013
2012#10,7706
2011#12,2875
2010#10,7666
2009
2008#9,8717
2007
2006
2005#7,6409
2004
2003#7,2459
2002#10,6675
2001#6,9359
2000#9,1126
1999#7,8747
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992#7,4226
1991#6,5197
1990
1989
1988
1987#4,9688
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971#4,9075
1970
1969
1968#3,6736
1967#3,2317
1966
1965
1964#3,0508
1963#4,0485
1962#4,0335
1961
1960
1959#3,9885
1958#3,5596
1957#2,8229
1956#2,9698
1955#2,13914
1954#3,8275
1953#3,4256
1952#3,3736
1951#2,8448
1950#2,43810
1949#2,22512
1948#1,75818
1947#2,8628
1946#1,94914
1945#1,92613
1944#2,30910
1943#1,30828
1942#1,73017
1941#1,75916
1940#1,28827
1939#1,79515
1938#1,55919
1937#1,52820
1936#1,96413
1935#1,65618
1934#1,49821
1933#1,15932
1932#1,99514
1931#1,17034
1930#1,08041
1929#1,21433
1928#1,29331
1927#1,01248
1926#1,19236
1925#98448
1924#1,04546
1923#1,00848
1922#94155
1921#88462
1920#84664
1919#89855
1918#80566
1917#78065
1916#76364
1915#75962
1914#87039
1913#69643
1912#80030
1911#1,2908
1910#82214
1909#1,1557
1908#1,2176
1907
1906#1,0047
1905#69912
1904#1,0646
1903
1902#1,1375
1901
1900#1,3105
1899#1,0515
1898#1,1215
1897
1896
1895#8727
1894#1,0745
1893
1892
1891
1890#62910
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886#7587
1885#7657
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.

See more about Clemens
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s19#758 (1886)#832
1890s32#629 (1890)#949
1900s48#699 (1905)#1,084
1910s446#696 (1913)#848
1920s471#846 (1920)#1,042
1930s227#1,080 (1930)#1,540
1940s163#1,288 (1940)#1,911
1950s77#2,139 (1955)#3,138
1960s31#3,050 (1964)#3,607
1970s5#4,907 (1971)#4,907
1980s8#4,968 (1987)#4,968
1990s25#6,519 (1991)#7,770
2000s45#6,935 (2001)#8,578
2010s23#10,644 (2015)#11,117
2020s21#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.

Clemens in 1915

boys
#759
62 births · 1 in 13,687 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #759Clemens62
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 13,687 of them was named Clemens, which outranked 82.7% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clemens
  1. #750Thurston64
  2. #757Bonnie63
  3. #757Tomas63
  4. #759Clemens62
  5. #759Addison62
  6. #759Bryant62
  7. #759Cleve62
  8. #767Benton61
  9. #767Murphy61
  10. #767Nat61

Tied with 7 names at #759; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

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

See the top 100 for 1915