Clint
Clint was given to 58 boys in 2025, #2,364 among boys’ names; 32,785 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 27,500 Americans named Clint and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 46 years old and half are between 37 and 54.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Clint by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Clint mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Clint is “a male given name.”
Diminutive of Clinton. The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint.
/klɪnt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Clint?
#2,364 among boys’ names, 2025
Clint fell from #1,454 in 2015 to #2,364 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 60.5 to 34.0 per million.
1,283 babies in 1980, the peak
Clint peaked in 1980, when 1,283 babies were given it (1,274 boys, #195 among boys’ names). The 58 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,364 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,426 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 79 | #1,956 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 98 | #1,721 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,691 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 132 | #1,349 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,498 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 120 | #1,454 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,325 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,402 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 116 | #1,454 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 95 | #1,631 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,377 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,467 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 98 | #1,579 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 129 | #1,325 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,519 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 100 | #1,582 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 121 | #1,370 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,448 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,343 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,326 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 140 | #1,097 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 142 | #1,063 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 149 | #1,008 | 0.08 |
| 2000 | 168 | #917 | 0.09 |
| 1999 | 174 | #866 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 201 | #777 | 0.11 |
| 1997 | 235 | #685 | 0.12 |
| 1996 | 288 | #611 | 0.15 |
| 1995 | 329 | #564 | 0.17 |
| 1994 | 426 | #488 | 0.22 |
| 1993 | 494 | #445 | 0.25 |
| 1992 | 579 | #396 | 0.29 |
| 1991 | 651 | #362 | 0.32 |
| 1990 | 618 | #376 | 0.30 |
| 1989 | 412 | #464 | 0.21 |
| 1988 | 489 | #405 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 542 | #359 | 0.29 |
| 1986 | 558 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1985 | 625 | #321 | 0.34 |
| 1984 | 704 | #289 | 0.39 |
| 1983 | 810 | #257 | 0.45 |
| 1982 | 927 | #247 | 0.51 |
| 1981 | 1,143 | #216 | 0.64 |
| 1980 | 1,274 | #195 | 0.71 |
| 1979 | 1,076 | #217 | 0.63 |
| 1978 | 1,029 | #210 | 0.63 |
| 1977 | 1,043 | #214 | 0.63 |
| 1976 | 867 | #235 | 0.55 |
| 1975 | 845 | #244 | 0.54 |
| 1974 | 941 | #223 | 0.60 |
| 1973 | 895 | #236 | 0.57 |
| 1972 | 910 | #236 | 0.56 |
| 1971 | 677 | #293 | 0.38 |
| 1970 | 805 | #268 | 0.43 |
| 1969 | 673 | #290 | 0.38 |
| 1968 | 523 | #335 | 0.30 |
| 1967 | 422 | #365 | 0.24 |
| 1966 | 319 | #426 | 0.18 |
| 1965 | 402 | #390 | 0.22 |
| 1964 | 477 | #358 | 0.24 |
| 1963 | 407 | #399 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 369 | #417 | 0.18 |
| 1961 | 444 | #375 | 0.21 |
| 1960 | 471 | #361 | 0.22 |
| 1959 | 481 | #357 | 0.23 |
| 1958 | 478 | #350 | 0.23 |
| 1957 | 396 | #385 | 0.18 |
| 1956 | 257 | #470 | 0.12 |
| 1955 | 116 | #680 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 79 | #812 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 108 | #687 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 83 | #771 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 79 | #791 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 60 | #885 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 90 | #721 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 77 | #774 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 98 | #697 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 76 | #761 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 45 | #962 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 56 | #844 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 49 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 65 | #795 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 51 | #890 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 58 | #821 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 41 | #995 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 50 | #872 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 41 | #975 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 48 | #915 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 51 | #870 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,008 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,050 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 59 | #856 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 51 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 57 | #890 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 55 | #910 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 60 | #898 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 53 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 52 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 67 | #820 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 48 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 61 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 48 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 56 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 53 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 48 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1913 | 36 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 38 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 16 | #830 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 24 | #583 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 20 | #594 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 26 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1907 | 21 | #515 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 17 | #572 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 19 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 12 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 17 | #529 | 0.14 |
| 1902 | 18 | #511 | 0.15 |
| 1901 | 10 | #689 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 22 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 11 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 13 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 9 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 26 | #382 | 0.22 |
| 1895 | 15 | #532 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 10 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 13 | #547 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 13 | #576 | 0.11 |
| 1891 | 14 | #480 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 21 | #393 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 19 | #417 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 13 | #560 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 13 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1886 | 15 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 19 | #414 | 0.18 |
| 1884 | 18 | #437 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 17 | #436 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 15 | #472 | 0.13 |
| 1881 | 18 | #400 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 27 | #328 | 0.24 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Clint a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Clint has been given almost only to boys: 54 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Clint: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Clint, and how old are they?
27,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 32,785 Americans ever recorded as Clint. The median Clint alive today is 46 years old; half are between 37 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 31,154 people named Clint (36 women and girls, 31,118 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 28,024 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 173 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,340 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 11,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,090 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,170 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,340 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Clint born?
The states with the most babies named Clint are Texas, California and Louisiana, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 3,978 | #1,944 | 1.6× |
| California | 2,286 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Louisiana | 1,283 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Illinois | 1,181 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 1,149 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Florida | 954 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 934 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Oklahoma | 923 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Tennessee | 897 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Missouri | 896 | #890 | 1.2× |
Where Clint is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Clint is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Clint with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 33,564 babies since 1880, Clint is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 58 of their 58 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Clint
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Erich | 11,706 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Clint and names like it
- Compare Clint and KlintBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sClint peaked in 1980.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Clint since 1910.
- The top names of 1980The year the most babies were named Clint.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Clint alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.