Clem

Boy · recorded 1880–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1889best year

Most popular in 1889.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

018637118801914194919832017

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 121 recorded years as a table
Clem, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880199
1881179
1882299
1883296
1884280
1885315
1886226
1887316
1888240
1889371
1890225
1891217
1892320
1893249
1894207
1895239
1896226
1897248
1898196
1899207
1900186
1901160
1902204
1903151
1904133
1905204
190690
1907170
1908156
1909171
1910118
1911102
1912154
191399
1914128
1915108
1916103
1917110
191893
191994
192094
192164
192290
192371
192486
192579
192671
192782
192864
192966
193064
193147
193257
193366
193464
193547
193648
193745
193844
193941
194039
194137
194234
194334
194439
194533
194639
194730
194826
194929
195021
195119
195214
195323
195417
195515
195617
195721
195816
195914
196020
196115
19628
196312
196418
196511
196610
196711
19688
196913
19708
19718
19728
19733
19748
19758
19766
19776
19787
19796
19804
19817
19825
19837
19846
19856
19874
19885
19893
19903
19914
19923
19933
19944
20003
20014
20063
20083
20123
20153
20175

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Clem isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
9
Rank in 2017
#8,140
How rare
1 in 205,661 boys
Since 1880
4,275

Clem was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1889, at 371 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Clem doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.