Clement

Last seen for girls in 1936 at #3,701 · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys: #266
1912 · 172 births
Debut · boys: 1880
16 births
In top 100 · boys: never
of 146 years
Total births · boys: 14,167
since 1880

Clement over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clement 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.

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Year	girls		boys
	rank	births	rank	births
2025	—		#2,258	62
2024	—		#2,210	65
2023	—		#2,387	57
2022	—		#2,493	55
2021	—		#2,300	60
2020	—		#2,586	49
2019	—		#2,626	49
2018	—		#2,796	43
2017	—		#2,319	56
2016	—		#2,437	52
2015	—		#2,722	44
2014	—		#2,754	43
2013	—		#2,763	42
2012	—		#2,905	40
2011	—		#3,235	34
2010	—		#2,958	39
2009	—		#3,721	28
2008	—		#2,753	44
2007	—		#2,684	45
2006	—		#3,083	35
2005	—		#2,237	53
2004	—		#2,843	36
2003	—		#2,847	34
2002	—		#2,337	44
2001	—		#2,306	43
2000	—		#3,075	28
1999	—		#2,462	36
1998	—		#2,599	32
1997	—		#2,024	44
1996	—		#2,380	33
1995	—		#2,346	33
1994	—		#2,012	41
1993	—		#1,824	46
1992	—		#1,884	43
1991	—		#1,699	48
1990	—		#2,049	36
1989	—		#1,678	46
1988	—		#1,671	42
1987	—		#1,974	31
1986	—		#1,617	40
1985	—		#1,429	47
1984	—		#1,507	41
1983	—		#1,275	52
1982	—		#1,415	45
1981	—		#1,433	44
1980	—		#1,291	52
1979	—		#1,177	59
1978	—		#1,452	41
1977	—		#1,312	47
1976	—		#1,411	40
1975	—		#1,322	43
1974	—		#1,215	47
1973	—		#1,163	50
1972	—		#1,107	54
1971	—		#1,138	52
1970	—		#1,005	65
1969	—		#989	60
1968	—		#958	58
1967	—		#856	70
1966	—		#901	64
1965	—		#806	85
1964	—		#854	79
1963	—		#816	86
1962	—		#817	86
1961	—		#735	110
1960	—		#788	94
1959	—		#671	129
1958	—		#721	106
1957	—		#671	129
1956	—		#653	135
1955	—		#629	140
1954	—		#630	137
1953	—		#653	119
1952	—		#633	123
1951	—		#585	139
1950	—		#610	126
1949	—		#618	121
1948	—		#572	136
1947	—		#545	152
1946	—		#522	151
1945	—		#515	136
1944	—		#487	156
1943	—		#476	170
1942	—		#446	192
1941	—		#428	188
1940	—		#458	160
1939	—		#456	160
1938	—		#459	158
1937	—		#414	188
1936	#3,701	6	#443	161
1935	—		#417	175
1934	—		#415	182
1933	—		#402	179
1932	—		#414	183
1931	—		#371	230
1930	—		#374	229
1929	—		#378	230
1928	—		#359	258
1927	—		#362	260
1926	—		#347	278
1925	—		#339	293
1924	—		#348	287
1923	—		#331	311
1922	—		#323	317
1921	—		#341	300
1920	—		#332	308
1919	—		#328	294
1918	—		#297	344
1917	—		#305	303
1916	—		#280	333
1915	—		#275	320
1914	—		#293	232
1913	—		#285	193
1912	—		#266	172
1911	—		#275	90
1910	—		#359	51
1909	—		#281	64
1908	—		#355	41
1907	—		#278	56
1906	—		#304	45
1905	—		#322	38
1904	—		#294	43
1903	—		#310	37
1902	—		#291	42
1901	—		#347	28
1900	—		#301	48
1899	—		#311	32
1898	—		#350	30
1897	—		#283	41
1896	—		#331	32
1895	—		#347	28
1894	—		#298	34
1893	—		#330	28
1892	—		#341	30
1891	—		#273	35
1890	—		#335	27
1889	—		#338	27
1888	—		#314	32
1887	—		#276	34
1886	—		#332	26
1885	—		#641	9
1884	—		#375	22
1883	—		#294	31
1882	—		#370	23
1881	—		#348	22
1880	—		#442	16

First appearance

1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clement was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys

Holding steady

48 spots since 2024 (#2,210 → #2,258)
328 spots since 2020 (#2,586 → #2,258)
464 spots since 2015 (#2,722 → #2,258)
Biggest jump: 309 spots in 1886 (#641 → #332)
Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1885 (#375 → #641)

Rise & fade · boys

32 yrs to peak

Debuted 1880
Peaked 1912 at #266 (172 births)
Births halved by 1962, 50 yrs later

Top of the charts · boys

Top 1,000 for 90 yrs

Top 10: never
Top 100: never
Top 1,000: 90 yrs · run 1880–1969

Share of babies · boys

1 in 2,500

Highest: 1 in 2,500 boys born in 1912 were named Clement (0.04%)
Latest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)

Era · boys

The 1920s

20.1% of all boys named Clement (2,842) were born in this decade

Show by decade

Decade	Births	Best rank	Avg rank
1880s	242	#276 (1887)	#373
1890s	317	#273 (1891)	#320
1900s	442	#278 (1907)	#308
1910s	2,332	#266 (1912)	#296
1920s	2,842	#323 (1922)	#346
1930s	1,845	#371 (1931)	#417
1940s	1,562	#428 (1941)	#507
1950s	1,283	#585 (1951)	#646
1960s	792	#735 (1961)	#852
1970s	498	#1,005 (1970)	#1,230
1980s	440	#1,275 (1983)	#1,529
1990s	392	#1,699 (1991)	#2,128
2000s	390	#2,237 (2005)	#2,789
2010s	442	#2,319 (2017)	#2,752
2020s	348	#2,210 (2024)	#2,372

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.

Clement in 1971

boys

#1,138

52 births · 1 in 34,009 boys

Top boys' names in 1971

#1Michael77,577
#2James54,597
#3David53,113
#4John51,512
#5Robert50,634
#6Christopher48,225
#7William35,413
#8Jason34,173
#9Brian32,624
#10Scott30,901
⋯
#1,138Clement52

More about 1971

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 34,009 of them was named Clement, which outranked 79.9% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clement

#1,127Rahsaan53
#1,127Terance53
#1,127Woody53
#1,138Clement52
#1,138Dudley52
#1,138German52
#1,138Jerrell52
#1,150Adalberto51
#1,150Booker51
#1,150Davy51

Tied with 11 names at #1,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970

Risers

↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920

Fallers

↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →