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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #124, 1981boys
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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#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.

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 1960

girls
#6,390
5 births · 1 in 404,388 girls
boys
#243
1,095 births · 1 in 1,947 boys

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #6,390Clinton5

Top boys' names in 1960

  1. #1David85,929
  2. #2Michael84,153
  3. #3James76,815
  4. #4John76,096
  5. #5Robert72,357
  6. #6Mark58,727
  7. #7William49,361
  8. #8Richard43,553
  9. #9Thomas39,278
  10. #10Steven33,878
  11. #243Clinton1,095
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 404,388 of them was named Clinton, which outranked 12.8% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clinton
  1. #5,696Ziva6
  2. #5,696Zonya6
  3. #5,696Zorina6
  4. #6,390Clinton5
  5. #6,390Adeana5
  6. #6,390Adelfa5
  7. #6,390Adrienna5

Tied with 942 names at #6,390; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

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

boys

2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 1,947 of them was named Clinton, which outranked 94.7% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clinton
  1. #240Roland1,138
  2. #241Johnnie1,132
  3. #242Nick1,098
  4. #243Clinton1,095
  5. #244Randolph1,081
  6. #245Oscar1,066
  7. #246Herman1,050
Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 3,061Stephon#3,988#927
  2. 1,039Kennedy#1,759#720
  3. 489Darryle#1,416#927
  4. 379Garret#1,360#981
  5. 373Darryll#1,324#951
Fallers
  1. 333Grayling#987#1,320
  2. 327Lucious#946#1,273
  3. 274Brion#919#1,193
  4. 261Gail#747#1,008
  5. 254Delton#939#1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1960