Meaning not yet researched.
Clinton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 94 in 2025. Its best rank was #124 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #124 in 1981; #1,732 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Clinton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,732 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #124.
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Clinton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 94 boys in 2025. Peak: #124 in 1981 · most boys in one year: 2,206 (1981).
In 2025, 94 US boys were named Clinton, making it the 1,732nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 192 places from #1,924 in 2024. That is 12 more than the 82 boys named Clinton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #124, reached in 1981. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,206. For comparison, it was #1,012 in 2015 and #220 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clinton in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 79 babies with the name. In all, 98,005 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 17,642 babies named Clinton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,274 US boys were named Clinton; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 187. In 2025 that was about 1 in 18,171 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Clinton ranked highest in Virginia in 2025, at #1,121 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Clenton, Klinton and Clinten are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Clenton (742), Klinton (580), Clinten (93), Clintin (30), Clynton (15).
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.
No nicknames listed for Clinton in the open dataset we use.
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 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 5 | #1,121 | #904 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,169 | #719 |
| Texas | 15 | #1,307 | #921 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,326 | #1,353 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,389 | #632 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 94 | #1,732 |
| 2024 | — | — | 82 | #1,924 |
| 2023 | — | — | 104 | #1,651 |
| 2022 | — | — | 133 | #1,398 |
| 2021 | — | — | 122 | #1,470 |
| 2020 | — | — | 129 | #1,370 |
| 2019 | — | — | 125 | #1,408 |
| 2018 | — | — | 158 | #1,195 |
| 2017 | — | — | 140 | #1,295 |
| 2016 | — | — | 187 | #1,057 |
| 2015 | — | — | 201 | #1,012 |
| 2014 | — | — | 234 | #915 |
| 2013 | — | — | 220 | #927 |
| 2012 | — | — | 227 | #912 |
| 2011 | — | — | 221 | #912 |
| 2010 | — | — | 199 | #990 |
| 2009 | — | — | 226 | #913 |
| 2008 | — | — | 248 | #855 |
| 2007 | — | — | 291 | #756 |
| 2006 | — | — | 240 | #843 |
| 2005 | — | — | 279 | #726 |
| 2004 | — | — | 258 | #731 |
| 2003 | — | — | 252 | #728 |
| 2002 | — | — | 245 | #724 |
| 2001 | — | — | 257 | #698 |
| 2000 | — | — | 289 | #633 |
| 1999 | — | — | 260 | #664 |
| 1998 | — | — | 322 | #589 |
| 1997 | — | — | 421 | #495 |
| 1996 | — | — | 394 | #516 |
| 1995 | — | — | 476 | #466 |
| 1994 | — | — | 586 | #397 |
| 1993 | — | — | 838 | #316 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,729 | 1,467 | #211 |
| 1991 | — | — | 1,665 | #191 |
| 1990 | — | — | 1,501 | #203 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,794 | 1,353 | #211 |
| 1988 | — | — | 1,397 | #196 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,504 | 1,361 | #194 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,718 | 1,526 | #174 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,540 | 1,693 | #162 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,191 | 1,851 | #145 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,520 | 1,900 | #141 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,000 | 2,081 | #133 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,572 | 2,206 | #124 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,554 | 2,165 | #131 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,287 | 1,855 | #146 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,981 | 1,763 | #148 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,963 | 1,869 | #142 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,434 | 1,658 | #151 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,636 | 1,578 | #154 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,775 | 1,547 | #157 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,192 | 1,510 | #161 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,688 | 1,485 | #169 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,105 | 1,486 | #179 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,911 | 1,595 | #175 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,778 | 1,480 | #187 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,541 | 1,125 | #207 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,062 | 909 | #235 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,363 | 825 | #251 |
| 1965 | — | — | 919 | #245 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,676 | 1,017 | #240 |
| 1963 | — | — | 983 | #244 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,391 | 915 | #256 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,000 | #248 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,522 | 1,095 | #243 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,418 | 1,126 | #239 |
| 1958 | — | — | 1,072 | #236 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,598 | 1,092 | #229 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,911 | 960 | #235 |
| 1955 | — | — | 833 | #243 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,882 | 789 | #246 |
| 1953 | — | — | 845 | #232 |
| 1952 | — | — | 878 | #226 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,559 | 897 | #217 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,435 | 832 | #220 |
| 1949 | — | — | 911 | #212 |
| 1948 | — | — | 856 | #218 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,051 | 946 | #207 |
| 1946 | — | — | 805 | #213 |
| 1945 | — | — | 681 | #209 |
| 1944 | — | — | 690 | #210 |
| 1943 | — | — | 710 | #210 |
| 1942 | — | — | 738 | #206 |
| 1941 | — | — | 737 | #194 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,942 | 632 | #204 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,369 | 657 | #195 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,239 | 657 | #196 |
| 1937 | — | — | 659 | #195 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,773 | 653 | #190 |
| 1935 | — | — | 718 | #185 |
| 1934 | — | — | 643 | #194 |
| 1933 | — | — | 639 | #190 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,527 | 700 | #189 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,951 | 688 | #191 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,883 | 694 | #201 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,761 | 761 | #183 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,207 | 789 | #180 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,609 | 794 | #181 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,954 | 843 | #171 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,101 | 862 | #172 |
| 1924 | — | — | 831 | #174 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,049 | 866 | #168 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,723 | 916 | #165 |
| 1921 | — | — | 873 | #169 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,119 | 908 | #158 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,904 | 812 | #167 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,857 | 822 | #166 |
| 1917 | — | — | 670 | #182 |
| 1916 | — | — | 662 | #180 |
| 1915 | — | — | 681 | #167 |
| 1914 | — | — | 566 | #157 |
| 1913 | — | — | 386 | #178 |
| 1912 | — | — | 362 | #161 |
| 1911 | — | — | 179 | #176 |
| 1910 | — | — | 162 | #175 |
| 1909 | — | — | 171 | #149 |
| 1908 | — | — | 140 | #166 |
| 1907 | — | — | 139 | #159 |
| 1906 | — | — | 100 | #181 |
| 1905 | — | — | 98 | #186 |
| 1904 | — | — | 109 | #167 |
| 1903 | — | — | 106 | #164 |
| 1902 | — | — | 92 | #181 |
| 1901 | — | — | 76 | #192 |
| 1900 | — | — | 91 | #205 |
| 1899 | — | — | 70 | #193 |
| 1898 | — | — | 92 | #174 |
| 1897 | — | — | 90 | #172 |
| 1896 | — | — | 93 | #174 |
| 1895 | — | — | 91 | #171 |
| 1894 | — | — | 80 | #184 |
| 1893 | — | — | 80 | #181 |
| 1892 | — | — | 84 | #186 |
| 1891 | — | — | 87 | #150 |
| 1890 | — | — | 90 | #156 |
| 1889 | — | — | 95 | #151 |
| 1888 | — | — | 101 | #148 |
| 1887 | — | — | 71 | #177 |
| 1886 | — | — | 85 | #162 |
| 1885 | — | — | 82 | #162 |
| 1884 | — | — | 101 | #139 |
| 1883 | — | — | 87 | #148 |
| 1882 | — | — | 79 | #172 |
| 1881 | — | — | 87 | #142 |
| 1880 | — | — | 79 | #165 |
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).