How rare is the name Clement?

7,609 people in the United States have the first name Clement, about 1 in 39,694. It ranks #2,959 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CLEMENT

#2,959

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,609
About
1 in 39,694
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,609 people named Clement, 48.9% reported their origin as White, 32.4% as Black and 11.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Clement peaked in 1918, when 344 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1918
Births that year
344
In 2025*
62 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 14,173 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Clement by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #655. The largest share of babies named Clement, 35.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#760242
1890s#812317
1900s#815442
1910s#6552,332
1920s#7422,842
1930s#8771,851
1940s#1,0971,562
1950s#1,4761,283
1960s#2,037792
1970s#2,983498
1980s#3,733440
1990s#5,042392
2000s#6,359390
2010s#6,148442
2020s#5,071348
Before 19014.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2735.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4523.6%
Baby boom 1946–6416.2%
Generation X 1965–806.3%
Millennials 1981–964.7%
Generation Z 1997–124.3%
2013 and later4.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Clement is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Clement has been most common in Hawaii (5.8×), Vermont (5.5×), and Pennsylvania (2.9×), and least common in Virginia (0.17×).

8,262 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Clement

#2,956 Sutton · 7,619#2,958 Val · 7,617#2,960 Holli · 7,607#2,961 Nona · 7,601

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Clement, most common first.

#3,321 Clemente · 6,390#16,369 Clemens · 690#16,536 Clemence · 680#22,003 Clemon · 456#47,181 Clemen · 139#49,014 Clements · 128

Also a last name

As a last name, Clement ranks #1,533 of 156,621, with 22,799 people. See Clement as a last name

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