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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #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 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedAKMaine: #147 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 775 boysMEVermont: #86 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 400 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedNHWashington: #196 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,606 boysWAIdaho: #129 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 594 boysIDMontana: #128 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 704 boysMTNorth Dakota: #156 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 852 boysNDMinnesota: #138 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 925 boysMNIllinois: #220 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,199 boysILWisconsin: #183 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,483 boysWIMichigan: #164 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,202 boysMINew York: #210 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 2,357 boysNYMassachusetts: #244 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,830 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedRIOregon: #150 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 950 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #116 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 471 boysSDIowa: #133 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 802 boysIAIndiana: #230 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,352 boysINOhio: #214 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,372 boysOHPennsylvania: #185 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 2,209 boysPANew Jersey: #184 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,461 boysNJConnecticut: #175 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,988 boysCTCalifornia: #235 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,877 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedUTColorado: #194 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,237 boysCONebraska: #161 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,005 boysNEMissouri: #137 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 859 boysMOKentucky: #162 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,033 boysKYWest Virginia: #126 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 749 boysWVVirginia: #83 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 434 boysVAMaryland: #176 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,835 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedNMKansas: #234 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,036 boysKSArkansas: #153 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 804 boysARTennessee: #135 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 896 boysTNNorth Carolina: #142 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 856 boysNCSouth Carolina: #109 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 578 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #125 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 623 boysOKLouisiana: #162 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 866 boysLAMississippi: #104 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 536 boysMSAlabama: #248 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,964 boysALGeorgia: #116 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 657 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Clinton, so not publishedHITexas: #173 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 852 boysTXFlorida: #163 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 928 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Virginia#83 · 1 in 434
  2. Vermont#86 · 1 in 400
  3. Mississippi#104 · 1 in 536
  4. South Carolina#109 · 1 in 578
  5. South Dakota#116 · 1 in 471

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Virginia#83551 in 434
Vermont#8661 in 400
Mississippi#104351 in 536
South Carolina#109341 in 578
Georgia#116431 in 657
South Dakota#116131 in 471
Oklahoma#125361 in 623
West Virginia#126231 in 749
Montana#12861 in 704
Idaho#12961 in 594
Iowa#133261 in 802
Tennessee#135271 in 896
Missouri#137341 in 859
Minnesota#138241 in 925
North Carolina#142391 in 856
Maine#14781 in 775
Oregon#15061 in 950
Arkansas#153221 in 804
North Dakota#15671 in 852
Nebraska#161121 in 1,005
Kentucky#162251 in 1,033
Louisiana#162221 in 866
Florida#163111 in 928
Michigan#164301 in 1,202
Texas#173611 in 852
Connecticut#17561 in 1,988
Maryland#17671 in 1,835
Wisconsin#183161 in 1,483
New Jersey#184121 in 2,461
Pennsylvania#185401 in 2,209
Colorado#19471 in 1,237
Washington#19661 in 1,606
New York#210401 in 2,357
Ohio#214221 in 2,372
Illinois#220261 in 2,199
Indiana#230111 in 2,352
Kansas#23481 in 2,036
California#235181 in 1,877
Massachusetts#24491 in 3,830
Alabama#248131 in 1,964
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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 1923

girls
#3,971
7 births · 1 in 172,338 girls
boys
#168
866 births · 1 in 1,266 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #3,971Clinton7

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #168Clinton866
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 172,338 of them was named Clinton, which outranked 30.8% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clinton
  1. #3,641Zara8
  2. #3,641Zoila8
  3. #3,641Zulema8
  4. #3,971Clinton7
  5. #3,971Adam7
  6. #3,971Adelaine7
  7. #3,971Adgie7
  8. #4,376Aberdeen6
  9. #4,376Acie6
  10. #4,376Adalyn6

Tied with 404 names at #3,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 1,266 of them was named Clinton, which outranked 96.6% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clinton
  1. #165Otis904
  2. #166Clifton900
  3. #167Jim867
  4. #168Clinton866
  5. #169Wilbert847
  6. #170Phillip844
  7. #171Ira831
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923 →