Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Clementine

Meaning Clement Gender Girl Rank 2025 #456 Trend ↑ Rising 46%

From Latin clēmentīnus, from Late Latin Clēmens (“Clement”) (genitive Clēmentis) + -īnus (“of or pertaining to”), from clēmens (“merciful”).

Rank 2025
#456
among girls · ↑18 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
676
named Clementine · +4% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,378
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
676 babies
All-time total
13,676
#1,370 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Clementine popularity over time

13,676 babies have been named Clementine since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s 203 20 – #363
1890s 305 31 +50% #388
1900s 377 38 +24% #445
1910s 1,171 117 +211% #444
1920s 1,291 129 +10% #567
1930s 963 96 -25% #621
1940s 909 91 -6% #672
1950s 912 91 0% #742
1960s 299 30 -67% #1,565
1970s 73 7 -76% #4,774
1980s 70 7 -4% #5,604
1990s 92 9 +31% #5,270
2000s 573 57 +523% #1,575
2010s 2,970 297 +418% #684
2020s (to 2025) 3,468 578 +95% #456

Where Clementine is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 721 0.45 #430
2027 762 0.47 #410
2028 798 0.50 #389
2029 830 0.52 #370
2030 859 0.53 #355

Where Clementine is most popular

Girls named Clementine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.368 per 1,000. Strongest in Montana, Alaska, and Oregon.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Clementine born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Montana 18 1.33 +261%
Alaska 10 1.16 +216%
Oregon 71 1.09 +196%
Idaho 31 0.926 +152%
Washington 122 0.845 +130%
New Mexico 20 0.822 +124%
Oklahoma 54 0.734 +99%
Utah 61 0.733 +99%
Colorado 73 0.654 +78%
Missouri 77 0.639 +74%
Kansas 34 0.589 +60%
Arizona 82 0.584 +59%
Minnesota 58 0.537 +46%
Indiana 73 0.520 +41%
Nevada 24 0.517 +40%
Massachusetts 61 0.505 +37%
Arkansas 26 0.492 +34%
Wisconsin 50 0.485 +32%
Tennessee 76 0.480 +30%
Kentucky 40 0.468 +27%
California 378 0.450 +22%
Ohio 106 0.447 +21%
Virginia 75 0.440 +20%
Maryland 45 0.425 +15%
Michigan 77 0.423 +15%
Pennsylvania 98 0.414 +13%
Maine 6 0.388 +5%
North Carolina 88 0.387 +5%
South Carolina 34 0.378 ≈ national
Texas 295 0.367 ≈ national
Illinois 83 0.363 ≈ national
Georgia 77 0.339 -8%
Florida 140 0.327 -11%
New York 125 0.316 -14%
Alabama 28 0.298 -19%
Louisiana 26 0.297 -19%
New Jersey 48 0.266 -28%
West Virginia 5 0.191 -48%
Connecticut 10 0.172 -53%
Nebraska 5 0.139 -62%
Iowa 6 0.103 -72%
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Mississippi – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Clementine

Clementine is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #456 in 2025 with 676 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 13,676 American babies have been named Clementine. Its peak came in 2025, when 676 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Clementine stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Clementine?

The median living Clementine is about 8 years old; half are between 3 and 20. An estimated 9,100 people named Clementine are alive in the United States today.

median 8 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Clementine year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 676 #456
2024 650 #474
2023 557 #542
2022 547 #559
2021 555 #551
2020 483 #603
2019 423 #686
2018 427 #684
2017 383 #739
2016 388 #734
2015 344 #815
2014 288 #939
2013 227 #1,086
2012 208 #1,180
2011 150 #1,490
2010 132 #1,629
2009 143 #1,575
2008 103 #2,021
2007 91 #2,184
2006 78 #2,403
2005 59 #2,792
2004 29 #4,622
2003 19 #6,121
2002 22 #5,304
2001 13 #7,837
2000 16 #6,557
1995 11 #7,625
1990 11 #7,412
1985 5 #10,989
1980 8 #7,546
1975 7 #7,298
1970 8 #5,910
1965 27 #2,304
1960 51 #1,565
1955 80 #1,114
1950 134 #742
1945 73 #881
1940 106 #672
1935 91 #706
1930 96 #707
1925 129 #645
1920 119 #662
1915 132 #560
1910 71 #480
1905 38 #564
1900 29 #659
1895 22 #662
1890 42 #388
1885 29 #382
1880 19 #376

Famous people named Clementine

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Clementine Churchill Clementine Churchill Wife of Winston Churchill and life peer (1885–1977) 19th century

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Clementine, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Clementine?

The median living Clementine is about 8 years old. Half of all living Clementines are between 3 and 20 years old.

How many people named Clementine are alive today?

An estimated 9,100 people named Clementine are alive in the United States, based on 13,676 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Clementine mean?

From Latin clēmentīnus, from Late Latin Clēmens (“Clement”) (genitive Clēmentis) + -īnus (“of or pertaining to”), from clēmens (“merciful”).

How popular is the name Clementine in 2025?

Clementine ranked #456 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 676 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Clementine?

13,676 babies have been named Clementine in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Clementine most popular?

Clementine peaked in 2025, when 676 newborns received the name.

Is Clementine a boy or girl name?

Clementine is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Clementine rising or falling?

Clementine is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Clementine become more popular?

Clementine is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 859 girls named Clementine in 2030, which would rank around #355. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Clementine?

Well-known people named Clementine include Clementine Churchill (politician).

Names like Clementine

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