Clemente
Clemente was given to 22 boys in 2025, #4,570 among boys’ names; 3,751 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,740 Americans named Clemente and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 23 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Clemente by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Clemente mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Clemente is “a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Clement”
From Latin Clēmentem.
/ˌkleˈmente/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Clemente?
#4,570 among boys’ names, 2025
Clemente fell from #4,097 in 2015 to #4,570 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 13.0 to 12.9 per million.
60 babies in 1996, the peak
Clemente peaked in 1996, when 60 boys were given it, #1,614 among boys’ names. The 22 births of 2025 are 37% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,570 | 12.9 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,339 | 13.9 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,131 | 15.2 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,197 | 14.3 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,815 | 8.6 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,161 | 13.9 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,809 | 15.6 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,381 | 18.2 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,598 | 16.2 |
| 2016 | 26 | #4,008 | 13.7 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #4,097 | 13.0 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,726 | 10.4 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,593 | 15.3 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,628 | 15.3 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,375 | 16.8 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,254 | 17.7 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,564 | 15.1 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,689 | 22.5 |
| 2007 | 46 | #2,650 | 22.2 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,623 | 21.9 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,573 | 21.5 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,051 | 29.2 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,792 | 17.7 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,643 | 18.5 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,153 | 24.7 |
| 2000 | 60 | #1,799 | 30.5 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,903 | 26.6 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,070 | 23.5 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,730 | 29.7 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,614 | 31.7 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,706 | 27.3 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,016 | 21.2 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,738 | 25.0 |
| 1992 | 53 | #1,640 | 26.5 |
| 1991 | 50 | #1,649 | 24.7 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,682 | 23.4 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,796 | 21.0 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,040 | 16.2 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,316 | 30.0 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,061 | 15.2 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,505 | 23.8 |
| 1984 | 48 | #1,366 | 26.6 |
| 1983 | 50 | #1,314 | 27.9 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,781 | 17.6 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,522 | 22.3 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,345 | 27.5 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,225 | 32.5 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,803 | 17.7 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,649 | 20.1 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 | 30.6 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,434 | 24.3 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,171 | 31.8 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,187 | 30.8 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,348 | 24.1 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,217 | 26.0 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,625 | 15.1 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,468 | 16.8 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,581 | 14.4 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,715 | 12.0 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,262 | 20.2 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,457 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,331 | 17.6 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,164 | 21.7 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,280 | 17.9 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,224 | 19.8 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,363 | 15.9 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,364 | 15.5 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,206 | 19.3 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,367 | 15.3 |
| 1956 | 26 | #1,541 | 12.3 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,422 | 14.1 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,273 | 17.2 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,287 | 17.2 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,435 | 14.4 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,303 | 17.0 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,502 | 13.4 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,279 | 18.0 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,092 | 23.9 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,398 | 15.3 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,157 | 22.2 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,382 | 17.1 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,693 | 12.5 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,709 | 12.6 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,275 | 21.7 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,540 | 16.3 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,527 | 17.3 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,326 | 22.6 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,528 | 18.0 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,539 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,425 | 21.2 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,202 | 29.8 |
| 1934 | 29 | #1,246 | 28.1 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,782 | 16.1 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,394 | 23.9 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,708 | 17.3 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,501 | 21.9 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,275 | 28.8 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,230 | 30.7 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,381 | 25.7 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,478 | 22.5 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,306 | 27.8 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,226 | 30.9 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,465 | 23.7 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,510 | 23.0 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,073 | 14.5 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,764 | 18.8 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,285 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 16 | #2,013 | 15.8 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,832 | 18.4 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,558 | 23.6 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,716 | 20.0 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,132 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,971 | 17.6 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,640 | 23.3 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,218 | 41.2 |
| 1880 | 6 | #832 | 54.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Clemente a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Clemente has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 116 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Clemente: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Clemente, and how old are they?
2,740 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 3,751 Americans ever recorded as Clemente. The median Clemente alive today is 37 years old; half are between 23 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 6,390 people named Clemente (54 women and girls, 6,336 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,769 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times 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 | 77 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 429 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 536 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 688 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 682 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 325 |
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 Clemente born?
The states with the most babies named Clemente are Texas, California and New York, with 98% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,346 | not ranked | 4.7× |
| California | 796 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| New York | 63 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 21 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Mexico | 10 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Arizona | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Clemente is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Clemente is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.7 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 Clemente 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 Clemente
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 Clemente and names like it
- Compare Clemente and FelicianoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sClemente peaked in 1996.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Clemente since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Clemente: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1996The year the most babies were named Clemente.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Clemente alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.