Clem — boys' name

What the Data Says About Clem

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,275 babies named Clem between 1880 and 2017, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clem performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 845 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Clem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 244 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Clem in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clem in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,275 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.