Clement
Clement was given to 62 boys in 2025, #2,262 among boys’ names; 14,173 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,770 Americans named Clement and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 27 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Clement by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Clement mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Clement is “a male given name from Latin, borne by an early pope and by several saints.” Its etymology gives the sense “merciful” (clēmens).
From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente.
/ˈklɛmənt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Clement?
#2,262 among boys’ names, 2025
Clement rose from #2,727 in 2015 to #2,262 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 23.0 to 36.3 per million.
344 babies in 1918, the peak
Clement peaked in 1918, when 344 boys were given it, #297 among boys’ names. The 62 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,262 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,213 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,394 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,495 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,304 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,590 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,629 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,806 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,323 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,441 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 44 | #2,727 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,758 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,771 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,908 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,251 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,967 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,735 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,756 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,691 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,099 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,241 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,848 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,855 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,339 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,308 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,081 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,466 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,602 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,028 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,384 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,355 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,015 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 46 | #1,823 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,881 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,695 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,046 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,680 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,670 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,978 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,619 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,432 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,508 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,276 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,421 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,435 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,179 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,454 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,318 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,414 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,323 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,219 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,166 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,109 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,138 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,005 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 60 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 58 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 70 | #857 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 64 | #902 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 85 | #806 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 79 | #856 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 86 | #816 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 86 | #816 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 110 | #735 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 94 | #788 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 129 | #670 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 106 | #722 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 129 | #671 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 135 | #652 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 140 | #629 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 137 | #629 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 119 | #652 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 123 | #632 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 139 | #586 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 126 | #609 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 121 | #618 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 136 | #572 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 152 | #545 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 151 | #522 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 136 | #516 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 156 | #488 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 170 | #476 | 0.12 |
| 1942 | 192 | #446 | 0.14 |
| 1941 | 188 | #428 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 160 | #458 | 0.14 |
| 1939 | 160 | #456 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 158 | #459 | 0.14 |
| 1937 | 188 | #415 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 161 | #443 | 0.16 |
| 1935 | 175 | #418 | 0.17 |
| 1934 | 182 | #415 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 179 | #402 | 0.18 |
| 1932 | 183 | #414 | 0.18 |
| 1931 | 230 | #371 | 0.22 |
| 1930 | 229 | #374 | 0.21 |
| 1929 | 230 | #380 | 0.21 |
| 1928 | 258 | #360 | 0.23 |
| 1927 | 260 | #363 | 0.23 |
| 1926 | 278 | #347 | 0.25 |
| 1925 | 293 | #339 | 0.26 |
| 1924 | 287 | #348 | 0.25 |
| 1923 | 311 | #331 | 0.28 |
| 1922 | 317 | #324 | 0.29 |
| 1921 | 300 | #341 | 0.27 |
| 1920 | 308 | #334 | 0.29 |
| 1919 | 294 | #328 | 0.30 |
| 1918 | 344 | #297 | 0.34 |
| 1917 | 303 | #305 | 0.33 |
| 1916 | 333 | #280 | 0.37 |
| 1915 | 320 | #275 | 0.38 |
| 1914 | 232 | #293 | 0.35 |
| 1913 | 193 | #285 | 0.38 |
| 1912 | 172 | #267 | 0.40 |
| 1911 | 90 | #275 | 0.40 |
| 1910 | 51 | #359 | 0.26 |
| 1909 | 64 | #281 | 0.39 |
| 1908 | 41 | #356 | 0.27 |
| 1907 | 56 | #279 | 0.38 |
| 1906 | 45 | #305 | 0.34 |
| 1905 | 38 | #323 | 0.29 |
| 1904 | 43 | #295 | 0.34 |
| 1903 | 37 | #311 | 0.31 |
| 1902 | 42 | #294 | 0.34 |
| 1901 | 28 | #348 | 0.26 |
| 1900 | 48 | #301 | 0.32 |
| 1899 | 32 | #312 | 0.30 |
| 1898 | 30 | #352 | 0.24 |
| 1897 | 41 | #283 | 0.36 |
| 1896 | 32 | #332 | 0.27 |
| 1895 | 28 | #348 | 0.24 |
| 1894 | 34 | #299 | 0.29 |
| 1893 | 28 | #333 | 0.25 |
| 1892 | 30 | #341 | 0.25 |
| 1891 | 35 | #273 | 0.35 |
| 1890 | 27 | #335 | 0.24 |
| 1889 | 27 | #339 | 0.24 |
| 1888 | 32 | #314 | 0.26 |
| 1887 | 34 | #278 | 0.34 |
| 1886 | 26 | #332 | 0.23 |
| 1885 | 9 | #655 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 22 | #376 | 0.19 |
| 1883 | 31 | #296 | 0.30 |
| 1882 | 23 | #371 | 0.20 |
| 1881 | 22 | #350 | 0.22 |
| 1880 | 16 | #445 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Clement a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Clement has been given almost only to boys: 6 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Clement: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Clement, and how old are they?
4,770 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 34% of the 14,173 Americans ever recorded as Clement. The median Clement alive today is 56 years old; half are between 27 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 7,609 people named Clement (52 women and girls, 7,557 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,262 born in the U.S. The Census count is 45% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 590 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,490 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 778 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 634 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 605 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 672 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Clement born?
The states with the most babies named Clement are Pennsylvania, New York and California, with 38% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1,318 | #1,272 | 1.4× |
| New York | 1,238 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| California | 555 | #2,539 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 505 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 459 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 459 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 391 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 389 | #2,333 | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 381 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Louisiana | 375 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Clement is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Clement is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Clement with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Clement
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Clement and names like it
- Compare Clement and LambertBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sClement peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Clement since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Clement: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Clement.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Clement alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.