Clint

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #9,307 · #2,363 for boys in 2025, 58 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1980 · 1,274 births
Debut · boys
27 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
32,731
since 1880

Clint over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clint has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #195, 1980boys
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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,36358
2024#2,41857
2023#1,95479
2022#1,72098
2021#1,68897
2020#1,347132
2019#1,494114
2018#1,453120
2017#1,321136
2016#1,399125
2015#1,453116
2014#1,62795
2013#1,376122
2012#1,466110
2011#1,57798
2010#1,323129
2009#1,518109
2008#1,582100
2007#1,370121
2006#1,447107
2005#1,343112
2004#1,328111
2003#1,098140
2002#1,064142
2001#1,008149
2000#919168
1999#867174
1998#777201
1997#686235
1996#610288
1995#564329
1994#488426
1993#444494
1992#396579
1991#362651
1990#375618
1989#464412
1988#405489
1987#359542
1986#345558
1985#9,3076#321625
1984#289704
1983#10,2755#257810
1982#246927
1981#9,1106#2161,143
1980#6,7899#1951,274
1979#2171,076
1978#9,7505#2101,029
1977#7,5677#2141,043
1976#235867
1975#7,9846#244845
1974#223941
1973#236895
1972#236910
1971#8,3245#293677
1970#7,9955#268805
1969#290673
1968#335523
1967#364422
1966#426319
1965#389402
1964#358477
1963#399407
1962#417369
1961#375444
1960#361471
1959#357481
1958#350478
1957#385396
1956#470257
1955#680116
1954#81379
1953#686108
1952#77083
1951#79179
1950#88560
1949#72290
1948#77477
1947#69898
1946#75976
1945#96045
1944#84156
1943#95649
1942#79565
1941#88851
1940#81858
1939#99241
1938#1,04338
1937#86950
1936#97241
1935#91548
1934#1,05938
1933#86951
1932#1,00443
1931#1,05041
1930#85559
1929#94051
1928#1,05743
1927#1,04145
1926#89057
1925#90955
1924#89760
1923#1,00848
1922#95853
1921#97352
1920#81667
1919#97348
1918#84161
1917#91948
1916#83456
1915#84653
1914#75848
1913#78936
1912#69238
1911#82416
1910#58224
1909#59020
1908#48926
1907#51121
1906#56817
1905#52519
1904#68612
1903#52717
1902#50718
1901#68310
1900#49022
1899#61311
1898#61113
1897#7259
1896#38026
1895#52915
1894#66810
1893#53813
1892#57213
1891#47614
1890#38921
1889#41519
1888#55413
1887#48813
1886#47015
1885#41119
1884#43318
1883#43317
1882#46915
1881#39518
1880#32527
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clint was already there! It came in at #325, and was given to 27 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

Where Clint is popular in 1931

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedARTennessee: #295 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,041 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedALGeorgia: #450 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,461 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedHITexas: #641 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,901 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Clint, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#295 · 1 in 3,041
  2. Georgia#450 · 1 in 5,461
  3. Texas#641 · 1 in 6,901

Best ever in a state: #73 in Wyoming, 1970.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#29581 in 3,041
Georgia#45051 in 5,461
Texas#64181 in 6,901
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South Carolina
South Dakota
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Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Clint
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 55 spots since 2024 (#2,418#2,363)
  • 1,016 spots since 2020 (#1,347#2,363)
  • 910 spots since 2015 (#1,453#2,363)
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1956 (#680#470)
  • Biggest drop: 345 spots in 1897 (#380#725)
Rise & fade · boys
100 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1980 at #195 (1,274 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 114 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1939–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,400
  • Highest: 1 in 1,400 boys born in 1980 were named Clint (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,450 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 27.8% of all boys named Clint (9,088) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s174#325 (1880)#439
1890s145#380 (1896)#550
1900s182#489 (1908)#558
1910s428#582 (1910)#806
1920s531#816 (1920)#949
1930s450#855 (1930)#963
1940s665#698 (1947)#821
1950s2,137#350 (1958)#619
1960s4,507#290 (1969)#371
1970s9,088#210 (1978)#238
1980s7,484#195 (1980)#310
1990s3,995#362 (1991)#557
2000s1,259#919 (2000)#1,268
2010s1,165#1,321 (2017)#1,449
2020s521#1,347 (2020)#1,915

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.

Clint in 1931

boys
#1,050
41 births · 1 in 25,358 boys

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #1,050Clint41
More about 1931

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 25,358 of them was named Clint, which outranked 75.7% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clint
  1. #1,031Tillman42
  2. #1,031Vivian42
  3. #1,031Wayland42
  4. #1,050Clint41
  5. #1,050Dempsey41
  6. #1,050Farris41
  7. #1,050Godfrey41
  8. #1,065Auther40
  9. #1,065Burdette40
  10. #1,065Burley40

Tied with 14 names at #1,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

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

See the top 100 for 1931