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
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 2,206 births
- Debut · boys
- 79 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 97,567since 1880
Clinton over time
Rank among boys' names. Clinton has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,728 | 94 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,921 | 82 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,650 | 104 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,393 | 133 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,469 | 122 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,368 | 129 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,407 | 125 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,195 | 158 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,293 | 140 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,055 | 187 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,012 | 201 | |
| 2014 | — | #915 | 234 | |
| 2013 | — | #927 | 220 | |
| 2012 | — | #909 | 227 | |
| 2011 | — | #912 | 221 | |
| 2010 | — | #989 | 199 | |
| 2009 | — | #912 | 226 | |
| 2008 | — | #855 | 248 | |
| 2007 | — | #756 | 291 | |
| 2006 | — | #843 | 240 | |
| 2005 | — | #726 | 279 | |
| 2004 | — | #731 | 258 | |
| 2003 | — | #726 | 252 | |
| 2002 | — | #724 | 245 | |
| 2001 | — | #698 | 257 | |
| 2000 | — | #632 | 289 | |
| 1999 | — | #664 | 260 | |
| 1998 | — | #589 | 322 | |
| 1997 | — | #495 | 421 | |
| 1996 | — | #516 | 394 | |
| 1995 | — | #466 | 476 | |
| 1994 | — | #397 | 586 | |
| 1993 | — | #316 | 838 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #211 | 1,467 |
| 1991 | — | #191 | 1,665 | |
| 1990 | — | #203 | 1,501 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #211 | 1,353 |
| 1988 | — | #196 | 1,397 | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #194 | 1,361 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #174 | 1,526 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #162 | 1,693 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #145 | 1,851 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #141 | 1,900 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #133 | 2,081 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #124 | 2,206 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | #131 | 2,165 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #146 | 1,855 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #148 | 1,763 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #142 | 1,869 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #151 | 1,658 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #154 | 1,578 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #157 | 1,547 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #161 | 1,510 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #169 | 1,485 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #179 | 1,486 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #175 | 1,595 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #187 | 1,480 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #207 | 1,125 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #235 | 909 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #251 | 825 |
| 1965 | — | #245 | 919 | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #240 | 1,017 |
| 1963 | — | #244 | 983 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #256 | 915 |
| 1961 | — | #248 | 1,000 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #243 | 1,095 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #239 | 1,126 |
| 1958 | — | #236 | 1,072 | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #229 | 1,092 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #235 | 960 |
| 1955 | — | #243 | 833 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #246 | 789 |
| 1953 | — | #232 | 845 | |
| 1952 | — | #226 | 878 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #217 | 897 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #220 | 832 |
| 1949 | — | #212 | 911 | |
| 1948 | — | #218 | 856 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #207 | 946 |
| 1946 | — | #213 | 805 | |
| 1945 | — | #209 | 681 | |
| 1944 | — | #210 | 690 | |
| 1943 | — | #210 | 710 | |
| 1942 | — | #206 | 738 | |
| 1941 | — | #194 | 737 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #204 | 632 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #195 | 657 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #196 | 657 |
| 1937 | — | #195 | 659 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #190 | 653 |
| 1935 | — | #185 | 718 | |
| 1934 | — | #194 | 643 | |
| 1933 | — | #190 | 639 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #189 | 700 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #191 | 688 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #201 | 694 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #183 | 761 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #180 | 789 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #181 | 794 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #171 | 843 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #172 | 862 |
| 1924 | — | #174 | 831 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #168 | 866 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #165 | 916 |
| 1921 | — | #169 | 873 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #158 | 908 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #167 | 812 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #166 | 822 |
| 1917 | — | #182 | 670 | |
| 1916 | — | #180 | 662 | |
| 1915 | — | #167 | 681 | |
| 1914 | — | #157 | 566 | |
| 1913 | — | #178 | 386 | |
| 1912 | — | #161 | 362 | |
| 1911 | — | #176 | 179 | |
| 1910 | — | #175 | 162 | |
| 1909 | — | #149 | 171 | |
| 1908 | — | #166 | 140 | |
| 1907 | — | #159 | 139 | |
| 1906 | — | #180 | 100 | |
| 1905 | — | #186 | 98 | |
| 1904 | — | #167 | 109 | |
| 1903 | — | #163 | 106 | |
| 1902 | — | #181 | 92 | |
| 1901 | — | #192 | 76 | |
| 1900 | — | #205 | 91 | |
| 1899 | — | #193 | 70 | |
| 1898 | — | #173 | 92 | |
| 1897 | — | #172 | 90 | |
| 1896 | — | #173 | 93 | |
| 1895 | — | #171 | 91 | |
| 1894 | — | #184 | 80 | |
| 1893 | — | #180 | 80 | |
| 1892 | — | #186 | 84 | |
| 1891 | — | #149 | 87 | |
| 1890 | — | #156 | 90 | |
| 1889 | — | #151 | 95 | |
| 1888 | — | #148 | 101 | |
| 1887 | — | #177 | 71 | |
| 1886 | — | #162 | 85 | |
| 1885 | — | #162 | 82 | |
| 1884 | — | #139 | 101 | |
| 1883 | — | #148 | 87 | |
| 1882 | — | #172 | 79 | |
| 1881 | — | #142 | 87 | |
| 1880 | — | #165 | 79 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1981 at #124 (2,206 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1880–2014
- Highest: 1 in 812 boys born in 1981 were named Clinton (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 18.0% of all boys named Clinton (17,533) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 867 | #139 (1884) | #157 |
| 1890s | 857 | #149 (1891) | #174 |
| 1900s | 1,122 | #149 (1909) | #175 |
| 1910s | 5,302 | #157 (1914) | #171 |
| 1920s | 8,443 | #158 (1920) | #172 |
| 1930s | 6,708 | #185 (1935) | #193 |
| 1940s | 7,706 | #194 (1941) | #208 |
| 1950s | 9,324 | #217 (1951) | #232 |
| 1960s | 10,268 | #187 (1969) | #236 |
| 1970s | 16,346 | #142 (1977) | #158 |
| 1980s | 17,533 | #124 (1981) | #161 |
| 1990s | 7,930 | #191 (1991) | #405 |
| 2000s | 2,585 | #632 (2000) | #760 |
| 2010s | 1,912 | #909 (2012) | #1,061 |
| 2020s | 664 | #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 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 281,169 of them was named Clinton, which outranked 24.0% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,974Yonna7
- #5,974Yvonnie7
- #5,974Zuleika7
- #6,617Clinton6
- #6,617Abagail6
- #6,617Acquanetta6
- #6,617Adaline6
- #7,471Adana5
- #7,471Adine5
- #7,471Adreana5
Tied with 853 names at #6,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 1,208 of them was named Clinton, which outranked 96.3% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.