Clenard — boys' name
38 babies named Clenard in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Clenard was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Clenard in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Clenard
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Clenard between 1918 and 1958, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clenard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Clenard performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Clenard shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clenard in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Clenard 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 38 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.
Clenard at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Clenard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1918
- Peak year (1918)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
38 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 11 births in a single year.
Clenard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 11 births that decade — 29% of Clenard's all-time total
Clenard decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Clenard's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Clenard by state
Where Clenard concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 21.1% |
8 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 21.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 21.1% 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, 1918–1958 (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.