Clemens — #8302 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Clemens

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,641 babies named Clemens between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clemens currently holds the #8302 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 66 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clemens performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 471 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Clemens shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 121 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Clemens in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clemens 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 1,641 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.