Clinton

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1981 · 2,206 births
Debut · boys
79 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
97,567
since 1880

Clinton over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #124, 1981boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,72894
2024—#1,92182
2023—#1,650104
2022—#1,393133
2021—#1,469122
2020—#1,368129
2019—#1,407125
2018—#1,195158
2017—#1,293140
2016—#1,055187
2015—#1,012201
2014—#915234
2013—#927220
2012—#909227
2011—#912221
2010—#989199
2009—#912226
2008—#855248
2007—#756291
2006—#843240
2005—#726279
2004—#731258
2003—#726252
2002—#724245
2001—#698257
2000—#632289
1999—#664260
1998—#589322
1997—#495421
1996—#516394
1995—#466476
1994—#397586
1993—#316838
1992#13,3175#2111,467
1991—#1911,665
1990—#2031,501
1989#12,3625#2111,353
1988—#1961,397
1987#4,47418#1941,361
1986#8,5237#1741,526
1985#9,3076#1621,693
1984#4,16618#1451,851
1983#5,45712#1411,900
1982#5,91111#1332,081
1981#4,53216#1242,206
1980#4,51716#1312,165
1979#6,18910#1461,855
1978#4,93113#1481,763
1977#5,88810#1421,869
1976#7,2967#1511,658
1975#4,59313#1541,578
1974#4,72012#1571,547
1973#6,0808#1611,510
1972#6,5587#1691,485
1971#6,0068#1791,486
1970#5,8188#1751,595
1969#6,6176#1871,480
1968#4,48910#2071,125
1967#4,9828#235909
1966#5,2737#251825
1965—#245919
1964#4,6369#2401,017
1963—#244983
1962#5,2937#256915
1961—#2481,000
1960#6,3905#2431,095
1959#6,2455#2391,126
1958—#2361,072
1957#4,5368#2291,092
1956#4,8377#235960
1955—#243833
1954#5,7535#246789
1953—#232845
1952—#226878
1951#5,4145#217897
1950#5,3015#220832
1949—#212911
1948—#218856
1947#4,0078#207946
1946—#213805
1945—#209681
1944—#210690
1943—#210710
1942—#206738
1941—#194737
1940#3,8636#204632
1939#4,2505#195657
1938#3,1818#196657
1937—#195659
1936#3,7016#190653
1935—#185718
1934—#194643
1933—#190639
1932#4,4115#189700
1931#3,8486#191688
1930#2,84510#201694
1929#2,73711#183761
1928#2,19416#180789
1927#3,5618#181794
1926#3,8737#171843
1925#4,0287#172862
1924—#174831
1923#3,9717#168866
1922#3,6558#165916
1921—#169873
1920#4,9755#158908
1919#3,8177#167812
1918#2,82211#166822
1917—#182670
1916—#180662
1915—#167681
1914—#157566
1913—#178386
1912—#161362
1911—#176179
1910—#175162
1909—#149171
1908—#166140
1907—#159139
1906—#180100
1905—#18698
1904—#167109
1903—#163106
1902—#18192
1901—#19276
1900—#20591
1899—#19370
1898—#17392
1897—#17290
1896—#17393
1895—#17191
1894—#18480
1893—#18080
1892—#18684
1891—#14987
1890—#15690
1889—#15195
1888—#148101
1887—#17771
1886—#16285
1885—#16282
1884—#139101
1883—#14887
1882—#17279
1881—#14287
1880—#16579
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Clinton was already there! It came in at #165, and was given to 79 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1902, when fewer than 110 boys a year got the name.

Where Clinton is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedAKMaine: #94 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 442 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedNHWashington: #137 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 813 boysWAIdaho: #94 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 326 boysIDMontana: #135 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 808 boysMTNorth Dakota: #112 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 525 boysNDMinnesota: #159 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,064 boysMNIllinois: #216 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,144 boysILWisconsin: #154 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,129 boysWIMichigan: #162 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,162 boysMINew York: #217 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 2,550 boysNYMassachusetts: #155 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,595 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedRIOregon: #113 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 560 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedNVWyoming: #70 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 279 boysWYSouth Dakota: #148 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 815 boysSDIowa: #195 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,428 boysIAIndiana: #193 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,773 boysINOhio: #187 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,745 boysOHPennsylvania: #223 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 3,048 boysPANew Jersey: #232 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,341 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #185 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,213 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedUTColorado: #105 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 477 boysCONebraska: #156 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 827 boysNEMissouri: #146 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 975 boysMOKentucky: #148 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 950 boysKYWest Virginia: #110 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 608 boysWVVirginia: #137 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 807 boysVAMaryland: #150 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,317 boysMDDelaware: #43 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 201 boysDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedNMKansas: #139 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 823 boysKSArkansas: #203 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,147 boysARTennessee: #123 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 755 boysTNNorth Carolina: #153 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 876 boysNCSouth Carolina: #179 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,193 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #170 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 894 boysOKLouisiana: #112 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 526 boysLAMississippi: #111 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 560 boysMSAlabama: #127 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 728 boysALGeorgia: #133 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 757 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedHITexas: #167 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 868 boysTXFlorida: #188 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,123 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#43 · 1 in 201
  2. Wyoming#70 · 1 in 279
  3. Idaho#94 · 1 in 326
  4. Maine#94 · 1 in 442
  5. Colorado#105 · 1 in 477

Best ever in a state: #40 in Wyoming, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#4381 in 201
Wyoming#7051 in 279
Idaho#94111 in 326
Maine#94121 in 442
Colorado#105151 in 477
West Virginia#110221 in 608
Mississippi#111351 in 560
Louisiana#112341 in 526
North Dakota#112121 in 525
Oregon#11391 in 560
Tennessee#123291 in 755
Alabama#127351 in 728
Georgia#133411 in 757
Montana#13561 in 808
Virginia#137271 in 807
Washington#137111 in 813
Kansas#139171 in 823
Missouri#146261 in 975
Kentucky#148241 in 950
South Dakota#14871 in 815
Maryland#15091 in 1,317
North Carolina#153351 in 876
Wisconsin#154181 in 1,129
Massachusetts#155191 in 1,595
Nebraska#156131 in 827
Minnesota#159181 in 1,064
Michigan#162251 in 1,162
Texas#167521 in 868
Oklahoma#170211 in 894
South Carolina#179171 in 1,193
California#185181 in 1,213
Ohio#187251 in 1,745
Florida#18881 in 1,123
Indiana#193121 in 1,773
Iowa#195131 in 1,428
Arkansas#203151 in 1,147
Illinois#216231 in 2,144
New York#217331 in 2,550
Pennsylvania#223261 in 3,048
New Jersey#23281 in 3,341
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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 Clinton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 193 spots since 2024 (#1,921 → #1,728)
  • 360 spots since 2020 (#1,368 → #1,728)
  • 716 spots since 2015 (#1,012 → #1,728)
  • Biggest jump: 87 spots in 2007 (#843 → #756)
  • Biggest drop: 117 spots in 2006 (#726 → #843)
Rise & fade · boys
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1981 at #124 (2,206 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 135 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1880–2014
Share of babies · boys
1 in 812
  • Highest: 1 in 812 boys born in 1981 were named Clinton (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 18.0% of all boys named Clinton (17,533) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s867#139 (1884)#157
1890s857#149 (1891)#174
1900s1,122#149 (1909)#175
1910s5,302#157 (1914)#171
1920s8,443#158 (1920)#172
1930s6,708#185 (1935)#193
1940s7,706#194 (1941)#208
1950s9,324#217 (1951)#232
1960s10,268#187 (1969)#236
1970s16,346#142 (1977)#158
1980s17,533#124 (1981)#161
1990s7,930#191 (1991)#405
2000s2,585#632 (2000)#760
2010s1,912#909 (2012)#1,061
2020s664#1,368 (2020)#1,588

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.

Clinton in 1919

girls
#3,817
7 births · 1 in 161,445 girls
boys
#167
812 births · 1 in 1,207 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #3,817Clinton7

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #167Clinton812
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 161,445 of them was named Clinton, which outranked 31.3% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clinton
  1. #3,452Zenora8
  2. #3,452Zillah8
  3. #3,452Zonia8
  4. #3,817Clinton7
  5. #3,817Aberdeen7
  6. #3,817Achsah7
  7. #3,817Addine7
  8. #4,251Adalee6
  9. #4,251Addis6
  10. #4,251Adelheid6

Tied with 433 names at #3,817; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 1,207 of them was named Clinton, which outranked 96.5% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clinton
  1. #164Ira817
  2. #164Marshall817
  3. #166Patrick816
  4. #167Clinton812
  5. #168Wilbert809
  6. #169Ervin803
  7. #170Rudolph802
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →