Clinton
Clinton was given to 94 boys in 2025, #1,732 among boys’ names; 98,005 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 62,900 Americans named Clinton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 39 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Clinton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Clinton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Clinton is “a male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.” Its etymology gives the senses “town on a hill” (Glinton) and “settlement on the River Glyme” (Glympton) and “enclosure, homestead, town” (tun).
(English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton (“town on a hill”) or Glympton (“settlement on the River Glyme”), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton.
(given name): Derived from the surnames.
(DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.
/ˈklɪn.tn̩/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Clinton?
#1,732 among boys’ names, 2025
Clinton fell from #1,012 in 2015 to #1,732 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.10 to 0.06 per 1,000.
2,222 babies in 1981, the peak
Clinton peaked in 1981, when 2,222 babies were given it (2,206 boys, #124 among boys’ names). The 94 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #1,732 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 82 | #1,924 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 104 | #1,651 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 133 | #1,398 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,470 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 129 | #1,370 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 125 | #1,408 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 158 | #1,195 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 140 | #1,295 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 187 | #1,057 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 201 | #1,012 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 234 | #915 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 220 | #927 | 0.12 |
| 2012 | 227 | #912 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 221 | #912 | 0.12 |
| 2010 | 199 | #990 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 226 | #913 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 248 | #855 | 0.12 |
| 2007 | 291 | #756 | 0.14 |
| 2006 | 240 | #843 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 279 | #726 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 258 | #731 | 0.13 |
| 2003 | 252 | #728 | 0.13 |
| 2002 | 245 | #724 | 0.13 |
| 2001 | 257 | #697 | 0.13 |
| 2000 | 289 | #633 | 0.15 |
| 1999 | 260 | #662 | 0.14 |
| 1998 | 322 | #589 | 0.17 |
| 1997 | 421 | #495 | 0.22 |
| 1996 | 394 | #516 | 0.21 |
| 1995 | 476 | #466 | 0.25 |
| 1994 | 586 | #397 | 0.30 |
| 1993 | 838 | #316 | 0.43 |
| 1992 | 1,467 | #211 | 0.73 |
| 1991 | 1,665 | #191 | 0.82 |
| 1990 | 1,501 | #203 | 0.73 |
| 1989 | 1,353 | #211 | 0.68 |
| 1988 | 1,397 | #196 | 0.73 |
| 1987 | 1,361 | #194 | 0.73 |
| 1986 | 1,526 | #174 | 0.83 |
| 1985 | 1,693 | #162 | 0.92 |
| 1984 | 1,851 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1983 | 1,900 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 2,081 | #133 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 2,206 | #124 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 2,165 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 1,855 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 1,763 | #148 | 1.1 |
| 1977 | 1,869 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1976 | 1,658 | #151 | 1.1 |
| 1975 | 1,578 | #154 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,547 | #157 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,510 | #161 | 1.0 |
| 1972 | 1,485 | #169 | 0.92 |
| 1971 | 1,486 | #179 | 0.84 |
| 1970 | 1,595 | #175 | 0.86 |
| 1969 | 1,480 | #187 | 0.83 |
| 1968 | 1,125 | #207 | 0.65 |
| 1967 | 909 | #235 | 0.52 |
| 1966 | 825 | #251 | 0.46 |
| 1965 | 919 | #245 | 0.49 |
| 1964 | 1,017 | #240 | 0.51 |
| 1963 | 983 | #244 | 0.48 |
| 1962 | 915 | #256 | 0.44 |
| 1961 | 1,000 | #248 | 0.47 |
| 1960 | 1,095 | #243 | 0.51 |
| 1959 | 1,126 | #239 | 0.53 |
| 1958 | 1,072 | #236 | 0.51 |
| 1957 | 1,092 | #229 | 0.51 |
| 1956 | 960 | #235 | 0.45 |
| 1955 | 833 | #243 | 0.40 |
| 1954 | 789 | #246 | 0.39 |
| 1953 | 845 | #232 | 0.43 |
| 1952 | 878 | #226 | 0.45 |
| 1951 | 897 | #217 | 0.48 |
| 1950 | 832 | #220 | 0.46 |
| 1949 | 911 | #212 | 0.51 |
| 1948 | 856 | #218 | 0.49 |
| 1947 | 946 | #207 | 0.52 |
| 1946 | 805 | #213 | 0.50 |
| 1945 | 681 | #209 | 0.51 |
| 1944 | 690 | #210 | 0.51 |
| 1943 | 710 | #210 | 0.50 |
| 1942 | 738 | #206 | 0.53 |
| 1941 | 737 | #194 | 0.60 |
| 1940 | 632 | #204 | 0.55 |
| 1939 | 657 | #195 | 0.59 |
| 1938 | 657 | #196 | 0.59 |
| 1937 | 659 | #195 | 0.62 |
| 1936 | 653 | #190 | 0.63 |
| 1935 | 718 | #185 | 0.69 |
| 1934 | 643 | #194 | 0.62 |
| 1933 | 639 | #190 | 0.64 |
| 1932 | 700 | #189 | 0.67 |
| 1931 | 688 | #191 | 0.66 |
| 1930 | 694 | #201 | 0.63 |
| 1929 | 761 | #183 | 0.71 |
| 1928 | 789 | #180 | 0.71 |
| 1927 | 794 | #181 | 0.70 |
| 1926 | 843 | #171 | 0.76 |
| 1925 | 862 | #172 | 0.77 |
| 1924 | 831 | #174 | 0.73 |
| 1923 | 866 | #168 | 0.79 |
| 1922 | 916 | #165 | 0.84 |
| 1921 | 873 | #169 | 0.79 |
| 1920 | 908 | #158 | 0.85 |
| 1919 | 812 | #167 | 0.83 |
| 1918 | 822 | #166 | 0.81 |
| 1917 | 670 | #182 | 0.72 |
| 1916 | 662 | #180 | 0.74 |
| 1915 | 681 | #167 | 0.80 |
| 1914 | 566 | #157 | 0.86 |
| 1913 | 386 | #178 | 0.75 |
| 1912 | 362 | #161 | 0.84 |
| 1911 | 179 | #176 | 0.79 |
| 1910 | 162 | #175 | 0.83 |
| 1909 | 171 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1908 | 140 | #166 | 0.91 |
| 1907 | 139 | #159 | 0.95 |
| 1906 | 100 | #181 | 0.75 |
| 1905 | 98 | #186 | 0.74 |
| 1904 | 109 | #167 | 0.85 |
| 1903 | 106 | #164 | 0.89 |
| 1902 | 92 | #181 | 0.75 |
| 1901 | 76 | #192 | 0.71 |
| 1900 | 91 | #205 | 0.60 |
| 1899 | 70 | #193 | 0.66 |
| 1898 | 92 | #174 | 0.75 |
| 1897 | 90 | #172 | 0.80 |
| 1896 | 93 | #174 | 0.78 |
| 1895 | 91 | #171 | 0.78 |
| 1894 | 80 | #184 | 0.69 |
| 1893 | 80 | #181 | 0.71 |
| 1892 | 84 | #186 | 0.69 |
| 1891 | 87 | #150 | 0.86 |
| 1890 | 90 | #156 | 0.81 |
| 1889 | 95 | #151 | 0.86 |
| 1888 | 101 | #148 | 0.84 |
| 1887 | 71 | #177 | 0.70 |
| 1886 | 85 | #162 | 0.77 |
| 1885 | 82 | #162 | 0.76 |
| 1884 | 101 | #139 | 0.88 |
| 1883 | 87 | #148 | 0.83 |
| 1882 | 79 | #172 | 0.69 |
| 1881 | 87 | #142 | 0.86 |
| 1880 | 79 | #165 | 0.71 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Clinton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Clinton has been given almost only to boys: 438 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Clinton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Clinton, and how old are they?
62,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 98,005 Americans ever recorded as Clinton. The median Clinton alive today is 48 years old; half are between 39 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 54,834 people named Clinton (95 women and girls, 54,739 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 67,046 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,400 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 11,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 21,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 21,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,160 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,910 |
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 Clinton born?
The states with the most babies named Clinton are Texas, California and Georgia, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8,622 | #1,307 | 1.3× |
| California | 5,818 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 4,423 | #1,389 | 1.7× |
| North Carolina | 3,650 | #1,169 | 1.3× |
| Florida | 3,511 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 3,377 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,367 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 3,302 | #1,326 | 0.7× |
| New York | 3,169 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Virginia | 3,027 | #1,121 | 1.4× |
Where Clinton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Clinton is most over-represented in Idaho: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 Clinton 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 3 names spelled alike, given to 98,678 babies since 1880, Clinton is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 94 of their 94 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 Clinton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Clinton and names like it
- Compare Clinton and KlintonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sClinton peaked in 1981.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Clinton since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Clinton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1981The year the most babies were named Clinton.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Clinton alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.