Girls' name · since 1880
Clementine
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 13,676 babies named Clementine, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #456 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,676
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Clementine currently ranks #456 among girls' names in America, with 13,676 babies recorded since 1880.
Clementine has 13,676 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #456 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #456 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,676 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clementine ranks #1,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #456 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,676 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #456 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,676
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Clementine's 13,676 recorded births place it above 98.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Clementine compares
13,676 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Clementine's all-time total is 36x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Clementine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,676 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 676 | 21 | 19,840 |
Clementine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Clementine's SSA record in two at 1950 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 676, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Clementine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 676
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Clementine by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,468 births, 25% of the file).
2020s was Clementine's strongest decade.
3,468 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Clementine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 203
1880s
203 births
- 1890s 305
1890s
305 births
- 1900s 377
1900s
377 births
- 1910s 1,171
1910s
1,171 births
- 1920s 1,291
1920s
1,291 births
- 1930s 963
1930s
963 births
- 1940s 909
1940s
909 births
- 1950s 912
1950s
912 births
- 1960s 299
1960s
299 births
- 1970s 73
1970s
73 births
- 1980s 70
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 92
1990s
92 births
- 2000s 573
2000s
573 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,970 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,468 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,468 births (25% of all-time use).
How Clementine compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Clementine's total volume
Clementine by state
Where Clementine concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,078 | 7.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 744 | 5.4% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 709 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 707 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 575 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 366 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Florida | | 323 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 323 | 2.4% |
1,078 of 13,676 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Clementine appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Clementine's data
- California records the most Clementines (1,078 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clementine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Clementine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.