Clemency
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Clemency is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “mercy, leniency”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Clemency mean?
English: virtue name, from Latin clementia
“mercy, leniency”
One of the virtue names taken up by English Puritans in the 17th century.
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Is Clemency a girl's or a boy's name?
Clemency is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clemency in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Clemency, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Clemency in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Clemency in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
Nicknames for Clemency
- Clem
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