How rare is the name Clemente?

6,390 people in the United States have the first name Clemente, about 1 in 47,266. It ranks #3,321 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CLEMENTE

#3,321

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,390
About
1 in 47,266
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,390 people named Clemente, 89.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% as White and 4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Clemente peaked in 1996, when 60 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
60
In 2025*
22 ▼63%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,751 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.

Clemente by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #2,842. The largest share of babies named Clemente, 19.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,9576
1910s#3,681121
1920s#2,842272
1930s#2,843230
1940s#2,891266
1950s#3,091315
1960s#3,290332
1970s#3,333415
1980s#3,854420
1990s#4,224505
2000s#5,784447
2010s#8,272286
2020s#9,499136
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4511.3%
Baby boom 1946–6417.2%
Generation X 1965–8016.1%
Millennials 1981–9619.3%
Generation Z 1997–1218.5%
2013 and later8.7%

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 Clemente is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Clemente has been most common in Texas (7.7×), California (3.5×), and New York (0.36×), and least common in New York (0.36×).

2,251 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.

Exactly as common as Clemente

1 other first name also has 6,390 people.

#3,321 Shyla · 6,390

Either side of Clemente

#3,319 Alesia · 6,397#3,320 Rayne · 6,396#3,321 Shyla · 6,390#3,323 Braiden · 6,389

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,959 Clement · 7,609#3,490 Clementine · 5,942#16,369 Clemens · 690#16,536 Clemence · 680#47,181 Clemen · 139#49,014 Clements · 128

Also a last name

As a last name, Clemente ranks #3,647 of 156,621, with 9,495 people. See Clemente as a last name

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