Clemens
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- English
Clemens is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “merciful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Clemens mean?
English
“merciful”
A male given name, equivalent to English Clement.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Clemens a girl's or a boy's name?
Clemens is a boys' name.
How popular is Clemens in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1918, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Clemens in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clemens in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,159 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1930 | 41 | #1,080 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,293 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,012 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 48 | #984 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,045 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 55 | #941 |
| 1921 | 62 | #884 |
| 1920 | 64 | #846 |
| 1919 | 55 | #898 |
| 1918 | 66 | #805 |
| 1917 | 65 | #780 |
| 1916 | 64 | #763 |
| 1915 | 62 | #759 |
| 1914 | 39 | #870 |
| 1913 | 43 | #696 |
| 1912 | 30 | #800 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 14 | #822 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 7 | #758 |
| 1885 | 7 | #765 |
Names like Clemens
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Charlie, Hollis, Charles, Francis, Lewis, Wilson, Louis, Warren, Otis, Arthur, Ellis, William
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Clemens: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clemens, updated 20 October 2026.