Unisex name · since 1915
Clennie
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Clennie, peaking in 1936. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,602 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Clennie sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 27 recorded since 1915.
Clennie has 27 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1936.
- #26,602 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clennie ranks #26,602 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #26,602 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Clennie's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clennie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Clennie's full recorded timeline at 1920, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1936 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Clennie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1936
- Peak year (1936)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Clennie popularity over time - girls
22 total births recorded since 1894 (Clennie as girls' name)
Clennie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (10 births, 37% of the file).
1910s was Clennie's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Clennie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 10 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Clennie's data
- Clennie's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1930s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clennie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1915–1936 (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 Clennie 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.