Clemmie

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464 · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
Given to girls 73.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 22 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,637
since 1880

Clemmie over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #425, 1884peak #857, 1894girlsboys
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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#13,4646
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994#7,7706
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988#5,2008
1987
1986
1985#6,5235
1984
1983
1982#6,3855
1981#6,2625
1980
1979#6,0565
1978#5,7725
1977
1976
1975#4,3097
1974
1973#5,5809
1972#2,53414
1971#3,6588
1970#7,0706#3,5218
1969#5,9747#3,5957
1968#2,9079
1967#6,0426#3,2317
1966#3,5376
1965#4,4949#2,47611
1964#6,7675#4,0395
1963#4,5399#2,30013
1962#2,67310
1961#3,60813#3,6526
1960#4,4379#2,68510
1959#2,76018#1,62024
1958#3,08515#2,37012
1957#3,30913#2,49411
1956#3,04815#2,16814
1955#2,63518#2,04815
1954#3,49011#1,88717
1953#2,51618#2,53110
1952#2,26621#1,61522
1951#2,31419#1,48925
1950#1,87126#1,87916
1949#1,84527#2,22512
1948#1,62133#1,75818
1947#1,66133#1,73319
1946#1,97022#1,47523
1945#1,35635#1,77215
1944#1,60926#2,19511
1943#1,66426#1,83316
1942#1,63026#1,73017
1941#1,33533#1,68517
1940#1,51826#1,33425
1939#1,42427#2,8297
1938#1,25034#1,61318
1937#1,33030#1,82815
1936#1,29631#2,8547
1935#1,19735#1,39024
1934#1,20535#1,65818
1933#1,14038#1,49821
1932#1,38229#1,92215
1931#1,14839#1,77017
1930#1,12843#1,39927
1929#1,22337#1,93316
1928#1,11546#1,82218
1927#1,09748#1,69221
1926#1,04551#1,60522
1925#1,08949#2,31313
1924#1,24441#2,13215
1923#94161#2,22414
1922#1,05951#1,64422
1921#98757#2,26514
1920#98955#2,33613
1919#1,05747#2,51111
1918#96056#2,16514
1917#86663#1,69319
1916#85663#2,04314
1915#89254#2,07013
1914#74759#2,6517
1913#88136#2,0928
1912#67854#1,8858
1911#73335#1,5376
1910#72334#1,3147
1909#58044#1,1557
1908#76825
1907#58839#1,3455
1906#64231
1905#68327
1904#61231
1903#56533
1902#64826
1901#55930
1900#55638
1899#55030#1,0515
1898#61028
1897#53730
1896#48736
1895#62224
1894#56826#8577
1893#61422
1892#43438#1,0665
1891#58920
1890#54823
1889#54322
1888#53322
1887#73310
1886#47621
1885#62912
1884#42522
1883#53613
1882#45816
1881#6238
1880#49212
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clemmie was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Clemmie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 200 spots in 1888 (#733#533)
  • Biggest drop: 303 spots in 1924 (#941#1,244)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #425 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1880–1918
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,588
  • Highest: 1 in 5,588 girls born in 1892 were named Clemmie (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #425 in 1884, was only 1 in 5,865 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 19.0% of all girls named Clemmie (501) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2021
  • Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s158#425 (1884)#545
1890s277#434 (1892)#556
1900s324#556 (1900)#620
1910s501#678 (1912)#839
1920s496#941 (1923)#1,079
1930s341#1,128 (1930)#1,250
1940s287#1,335 (1941)#1,621
1950s174#1,871 (1950)#2,729
1960s58#3,608 (1961)#5,123
1970s15#5,580 (1973)#6,325
1980s0
1990s0
2000s0
2010s0
2020s6#13,464 (2021)#13,464

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.

Clemmie in 1927

girls
#1,097
48 births · 1 in 24,842 girls
boys
#1,692
21 births · 1 in 53,663 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #1,097Clemmie48

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #1,692Clemmie21
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 24,842 of them was named Clemmie, which outranked 80.4% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clemmie
  1. #1,088Jan49
  2. #1,088Phylis49
  3. #1,088Susana49
  4. #1,097Clemmie48
  5. #1,097Alba48
  6. #1,097Celine48
  7. #1,097Dorthey48
  8. #1,108Ardyce47
  9. #1,108Brenda47
  10. #1,108Edyth47

Tied with 10 names at #1,097; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 53,663 of them was named Clemmie, which outranked 64.8% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clemmie
  1. #1,647Ulyses22
  2. #1,647Wheeler22
  3. #1,647Woody22
  4. #1,692Clemmie21
  5. #1,692Adell21
  6. #1,692Apolonio21
  7. #1,692Ashby21
  8. #1,748Amon20
  9. #1,748Arnie20
  10. #1,748Arthor20

Tied with 55 names at #1,692; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927