Meaning not yet researched.
Clement: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 62 in 2025. Its best rank was #267 in 1912.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #267 in 1912; #2,262 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Clement in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,262 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1912, at #267.
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Clement: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 62 boys in 2025. Peak: #267 in 1912 · most boys in one year: 344 (1918).
In 2025, 62 US boys were named Clement, making it the 2,262nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 49 places from #2,213 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 65 boys named Clement in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #267, reached in 1912. The most boys given the name in a single year was 344, in 1918. For comparison, it was #2,728 in 2015 and #610 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clement in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 14,173 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,842 babies named Clement.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 548 US boys were named Clement; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 65. In 2025 that was about 1 in 27,550 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Clement ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #1,272 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Clemente (3,751 babies since 1880) and Clemens (1,641 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Clemont are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Clem.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Clemont (20).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Clement is listed as a nickname for Clementine.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,272 | #1,199 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,672 | — |
| Texas | 6 | #2,333 | — |
| California | 5 | #2,539 | #2,084 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 62 | #2,262 |
| 2024 | — | — | 65 | #2,213 |
| 2023 | — | — | 57 | #2,395 |
| 2022 | — | — | 55 | #2,496 |
| 2021 | — | — | 60 | #2,305 |
| 2020 | — | — | 49 | #2,591 |
| 2019 | — | — | 49 | #2,630 |
| 2018 | — | — | 43 | #2,807 |
| 2017 | — | — | 56 | #2,324 |
| 2016 | — | — | 52 | #2,441 |
| 2015 | — | — | 44 | #2,728 |
| 2014 | — | — | 43 | #2,760 |
| 2013 | — | — | 42 | #2,773 |
| 2012 | — | — | 40 | #2,910 |
| 2011 | — | — | 34 | #3,252 |
| 2010 | — | — | 39 | #2,968 |
| 2009 | — | — | 28 | #3,737 |
| 2008 | — | — | 44 | #2,757 |
| 2007 | — | — | 45 | #2,691 |
| 2006 | — | — | 35 | #3,100 |
| 2005 | — | — | 53 | #2,245 |
| 2004 | — | — | 36 | #2,852 |
| 2003 | — | — | 34 | #2,859 |
| 2002 | — | — | 44 | #2,343 |
| 2001 | — | — | 43 | #2,312 |
| 2000 | — | — | 28 | #3,087 |
| 1999 | — | — | 36 | #2,470 |
| 1998 | — | — | 32 | #2,605 |
| 1997 | — | — | 44 | #2,031 |
| 1996 | — | — | 33 | #2,389 |
| 1995 | — | — | 33 | #2,360 |
| 1994 | — | — | 41 | #2,020 |
| 1993 | — | — | 46 | #1,828 |
| 1992 | — | — | 43 | #1,886 |
| 1991 | — | — | 48 | #1,701 |
| 1990 | — | — | 36 | #2,051 |
| 1989 | — | — | 46 | #1,685 |
| 1988 | — | — | 42 | #1,675 |
| 1987 | — | — | 31 | #1,982 |
| 1986 | — | — | 40 | #1,620 |
| 1985 | — | — | 47 | #1,433 |
| 1984 | — | — | 41 | #1,509 |
| 1983 | — | — | 52 | #1,277 |
| 1982 | — | — | 45 | #1,422 |
| 1981 | — | — | 44 | #1,436 |
| 1980 | — | — | 52 | #1,293 |
| 1979 | — | — | 59 | #1,179 |
| 1978 | — | — | 41 | #1,454 |
| 1977 | — | — | 47 | #1,318 |
| 1976 | — | — | 40 | #1,414 |
| 1975 | — | — | 43 | #1,323 |
| 1974 | — | — | 47 | #1,219 |
| 1973 | — | — | 50 | #1,166 |
| 1972 | — | — | 54 | #1,109 |
| 1971 | — | — | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1970 | — | — | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | — | — | 60 | #991 |
| 1968 | — | — | 58 | #960 |
| 1967 | — | — | 70 | #857 |
| 1966 | — | — | 64 | #902 |
| 1965 | — | — | 85 | #806 |
| 1964 | — | — | 79 | #856 |
| 1963 | — | — | 86 | #816 |
| 1962 | — | — | 86 | #817 |
| 1961 | — | — | 110 | #736 |
| 1960 | — | — | 94 | #789 |
| 1959 | — | — | 129 | #671 |
| 1958 | — | — | 106 | #723 |
| 1957 | — | — | 129 | #672 |
| 1956 | — | — | 135 | #653 |
| 1955 | — | — | 140 | #630 |
| 1954 | — | — | 137 | #630 |
| 1953 | — | — | 119 | #653 |
| 1952 | — | — | 123 | #633 |
| 1951 | — | — | 139 | #587 |
| 1950 | — | — | 126 | #610 |
| 1949 | — | — | 121 | #619 |
| 1948 | — | — | 136 | #573 |
| 1947 | — | — | 152 | #545 |
| 1946 | — | — | 151 | #522 |
| 1945 | — | — | 136 | #516 |
| 1944 | — | — | 156 | #488 |
| 1943 | — | — | 170 | #476 |
| 1942 | — | — | 192 | #446 |
| 1941 | — | — | 188 | #428 |
| 1940 | — | — | 160 | #458 |
| 1939 | — | — | 160 | #456 |
| 1938 | — | — | 158 | #459 |
| 1937 | — | — | 188 | #415 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,772 | 161 | #443 |
| 1935 | — | — | 175 | #418 |
| 1934 | — | — | 182 | #415 |
| 1933 | — | — | 179 | #402 |
| 1932 | — | — | 183 | #414 |
| 1931 | — | — | 230 | #371 |
| 1930 | — | — | 229 | #374 |
| 1929 | — | — | 230 | #380 |
| 1928 | — | — | 258 | #360 |
| 1927 | — | — | 260 | #363 |
| 1926 | — | — | 278 | #347 |
| 1925 | — | — | 293 | #339 |
| 1924 | — | — | 287 | #348 |
| 1923 | — | — | 311 | #331 |
| 1922 | — | — | 317 | #324 |
| 1921 | — | — | 300 | #341 |
| 1920 | — | — | 308 | #334 |
| 1919 | — | — | 294 | #328 |
| 1918 | — | — | 344 | #297 |
| 1917 | — | — | 303 | #305 |
| 1916 | — | — | 333 | #280 |
| 1915 | — | — | 320 | #275 |
| 1914 | — | — | 232 | #293 |
| 1913 | — | — | 193 | #285 |
| 1912 | — | — | 172 | #267 |
| 1911 | — | — | 90 | #275 |
| 1910 | — | — | 51 | #359 |
| 1909 | — | — | 64 | #281 |
| 1908 | — | — | 41 | #356 |
| 1907 | — | — | 56 | #279 |
| 1906 | — | — | 45 | #305 |
| 1905 | — | — | 38 | #323 |
| 1904 | — | — | 43 | #295 |
| 1903 | — | — | 37 | #311 |
| 1902 | — | — | 42 | #294 |
| 1901 | — | — | 28 | #348 |
| 1900 | — | — | 48 | #301 |
| 1899 | — | — | 32 | #312 |
| 1898 | — | — | 30 | #352 |
| 1897 | — | — | 41 | #283 |
| 1896 | — | — | 32 | #332 |
| 1895 | — | — | 28 | #348 |
| 1894 | — | — | 34 | #299 |
| 1893 | — | — | 28 | #333 |
| 1892 | — | — | 30 | #341 |
| 1891 | — | — | 35 | #273 |
| 1890 | — | — | 27 | #335 |
| 1889 | — | — | 27 | #339 |
| 1888 | — | — | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | — | — | 34 | #278 |
| 1886 | — | — | 26 | #332 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #655 |
| 1884 | — | — | 22 | #376 |
| 1883 | — | — | 31 | #296 |
| 1882 | — | — | 23 | #371 |
| 1881 | — | — | 22 | #350 |
| 1880 | — | — | 16 | #445 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).