Boys' name · since 1920
Clenon
Clenon has 19 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,313 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 1920
- 1930s
- peak decade
Clenon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 19 have been recorded since 1920.
Clenon has 19 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1935.
- #29,313 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 19 born since 1920
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clenon ranks #29,313 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1920, peaking in the 1930s.
- #29,313 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 1920
- 1930s
- peak decade
Clenon's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clenon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Clenon's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1935, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Clenon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1935
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Clenon by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (12 births, 63% of the file).
1930s was Clenon's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Clenon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
7 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 12 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clenon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1920–1935 (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 Clenon 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.