Clemson — boys' name
17 babies named Clemson in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Clemson was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Clemson in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Clemson
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Clemson between 1914 and 1942, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clemson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Clemson performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Clemson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clemson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Clemson 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 17 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.
Clemson at a glance
Last recorded 1942Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Clemson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1914
- Peak year (1914)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1942.
17 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 7 births in a single year.
Clemson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 7 births that decade — 41% of Clemson's all-time total
Clemson decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Clemson's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Clemson by state
Where Clemson concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 7 | 41.2% |
7 of 17 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 41.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 41.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1942 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.