Clement
Boy · KLEM-ent · Latin
Clement is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “merciful, gentle”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).
What does Clement mean?
Latin: from Latin clemens
“merciful, gentle”
St Clement of Rome was one of the earliest popes, and many later popes took the name.
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Is Clement a girl's or a boy's name?
Clement is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clement in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Clement, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 26 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Clement than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Clement in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Clement in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
How popular is Clement in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,258among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Clement, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 344 boys.
Half of all the boys named Clement in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clement in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,258 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 2016 | 52 | #2,437 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1993 | 46 | #1,819 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,879 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,693 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,673 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 47 | #1,428 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,274 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,177 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,452 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 40 | #1,411 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,322 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,215 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,163 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,107 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 60 | #989 |
| 1968 | 58 | #958 |
| 1967 | 70 | #856 |
| 1966 | 64 | #901 |
| 1965 | 85 | #806 |
| 1964 | 79 | #854 |
| 1963 | 86 | #816 |
| 1962 | 86 | #816 |
| 1961 | 110 | #734 |
| 1960 | 94 | #787 |
| 1959 | 129 | #670 |
| 1958 | 106 | #720 |
| 1957 | 129 | #670 |
| 1956 | 135 | #652 |
| 1955 | 140 | #628 |
| 1954 | 137 | #629 |
| 1953 | 119 | #652 |
| 1952 | 123 | #632 |
| 1951 | 139 | #584 |
| 1950 | 126 | #609 |
| 1949 | 121 | #617 |
| 1948 | 136 | #571 |
| 1947 | 152 | #545 |
| 1946 | 151 | #522 |
| 1945 | 136 | #515 |
| 1944 | 156 | #487 |
| 1943 | 170 | #476 |
| 1942 | 192 | #446 |
| 1941 | 188 | #428 |
| 1940 | 160 | #458 |
| 1939 | 160 | #456 |
| 1938 | 158 | #459 |
| 1937 | 188 | #414 |
| 1936 | 161 | #443 |
| 1935 | 175 | #417 |
| 1934 | 182 | #415 |
| 1933 | 179 | #402 |
| 1932 | 183 | #414 |
| 1931 | 230 | #371 |
| 1930 | 229 | #374 |
| 1929 | 230 | #378 |
| 1928 | 258 | #359 |
| 1927 | 260 | #362 |
| 1926 | 278 | #347 |
| 1925 | 293 | #339 |
| 1924 | 287 | #348 |
| 1923 | 311 | #331 |
| 1922 | 317 | #323 |
| 1921 | 300 | #341 |
| 1920 | 308 | #332 |
| 1919 | 294 | #328 |
| 1918 | 344 | #297 |
| 1917 | 303 | #305 |
| 1916 | 333 | #280 |
| 1915 | 320 | #275 |
| 1914 | 232 | #293 |
| 1913 | 193 | #285 |
| 1912 | 172 | #266 |
| 1911 | 90 | #275 |
| 1910 | 51 | #359 |
| 1909 | 64 | #281 |
| 1908 | 41 | #355 |
| 1907 | 56 | #278 |
| 1906 | 45 | #304 |
| 1905 | 38 | #322 |
| 1904 | 43 | #294 |
| 1903 | 37 | #310 |
| 1902 | 42 | #291 |
| 1901 | 28 | #347 |
| 1900 | 48 | #301 |
| 1899 | 32 | #311 |
| 1898 | 30 | #350 |
| 1897 | 41 | #283 |
| 1896 | 32 | #331 |
| 1895 | 28 | #347 |
| 1894 | 34 | #298 |
| 1893 | 28 | #330 |
| 1892 | 30 | #341 |
| 1891 | 35 | #273 |
| 1890 | 27 | #335 |
| 1889 | 27 | #338 |
| 1888 | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | 34 | #276 |
| 1886 | 26 | #332 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 22 | #375 |
| 1883 | 31 | #294 |
| 1882 | 23 | #370 |
| 1881 | 22 | #348 |
| 1880 | 16 | #442 |
Nicknames for Clement
- Clem
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