Clint
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KLINT
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Clint is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “fenced settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Clint mean?
English: short form of Clinton, a place and surname
“fenced settlement”
Short for Clinton; familiar through actor and director Clint Eastwood.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Clint a girl's or a boy's name?
Clint is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clint in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Clint in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Clint in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #6,493 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,369 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Clint in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,363rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Clint, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,347th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 1,274 boys.
Half of all the boys named Clint in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clint in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 79 | #1,953 |
| 2022 | 98 | #1,720 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2020 | 132 | #1,347 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,494 |
| 2018 | 120 | #1,453 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,321 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,399 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,453 |
| 2014 | 95 | #1,627 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,466 |
| 2011 | 98 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 129 | #1,323 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,517 |
| 2008 | 100 | #1,582 |
| 2007 | 121 | #1,370 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,447 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,342 |
| 2004 | 111 | #1,326 |
| 2003 | 140 | #1,097 |
| 2002 | 142 | #1,063 |
| 2001 | 149 | #1,007 |
| 2000 | 168 | #917 |
| 1999 | 174 | #865 |
| 1998 | 201 | #776 |
| 1997 | 235 | #685 |
| 1996 | 288 | #610 |
| 1995 | 329 | #563 |
| 1994 | 426 | #488 |
| 1993 | 494 | #444 |
| 1992 | 579 | #396 |
| 1991 | 651 | #362 |
| 1990 | 618 | #375 |
| 1989 | 412 | #464 |
| 1988 | 489 | #405 |
| 1987 | 542 | #359 |
| 1986 | 558 | #345 |
| 1985 | 625 | #321 |
| 1984 | 704 | #289 |
| 1983 | 810 | #257 |
| 1982 | 927 | #246 |
| 1981 | 1,143 | #216 |
| 1980 | 1,274 | #195 |
| 1979 | 1,076 | #217 |
| 1978 | 1,029 | #210 |
| 1977 | 1,043 | #214 |
| 1976 | 867 | #235 |
| 1975 | 845 | #244 |
| 1974 | 941 | #223 |
| 1973 | 895 | #236 |
| 1972 | 910 | #236 |
| 1971 | 677 | #293 |
| 1970 | 805 | #268 |
| 1969 | 673 | #290 |
| 1968 | 523 | #335 |
| 1967 | 422 | #364 |
| 1966 | 319 | #426 |
| 1965 | 402 | #389 |
| 1964 | 477 | #358 |
| 1963 | 407 | #399 |
| 1962 | 369 | #417 |
| 1961 | 444 | #375 |
| 1960 | 471 | #361 |
| 1959 | 481 | #357 |
| 1958 | 478 | #350 |
| 1957 | 396 | #385 |
| 1956 | 257 | #469 |
| 1955 | 116 | #679 |
| 1954 | 79 | #812 |
| 1953 | 108 | #685 |
| 1952 | 83 | #769 |
| 1951 | 79 | #790 |
| 1950 | 60 | #884 |
| 1949 | 90 | #721 |
| 1948 | 77 | #773 |
| 1947 | 98 | #697 |
| 1946 | 76 | #759 |
| 1945 | 45 | #960 |
| 1944 | 56 | #841 |
| 1943 | 49 | #956 |
| 1942 | 65 | #795 |
| 1941 | 51 | #888 |
| 1940 | 58 | #818 |
| 1939 | 41 | #992 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1937 | 50 | #869 |
| 1936 | 41 | #972 |
| 1935 | 48 | #915 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,059 |
| 1933 | 51 | #869 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,050 |
| 1930 | 59 | #855 |
| 1929 | 51 | #940 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,041 |
| 1926 | 57 | #890 |
| 1925 | 55 | #909 |
| 1924 | 60 | #897 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 52 | #973 |
| 1920 | 67 | #816 |
| 1919 | 48 | #973 |
| 1918 | 61 | #841 |
| 1917 | 48 | #919 |
| 1916 | 56 | #834 |
| 1915 | 53 | #846 |
| 1914 | 48 | #758 |
| 1913 | 36 | #789 |
| 1912 | 38 | #692 |
| 1911 | 16 | #823 |
| 1910 | 24 | #582 |
| 1909 | 20 | #590 |
| 1908 | 26 | #489 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 19 | #525 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 18 | #507 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 22 | #490 |
| 1899 | 11 | #613 |
| 1898 | 13 | #610 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 26 | #380 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | 19 | #415 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | 15 | #470 |
| 1885 | 19 | #411 |
| 1884 | 18 | #433 |
| 1883 | 17 | #433 |
| 1882 | 15 | #469 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 27 | #325 |
Names like Clint
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adam, Daniel, Charles, Patrick, Michael, James, Matthew, Nathan, David, Ryan, Aaron, Christopher
Names related to Clint
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Clint: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clint, updated 20 October 2026.