How Many People Are Named Clem?
people named Clem are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 341,102 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,329 babies named Clem in Social Security records from 1880 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
109 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CLEMENT.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Clem in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Clem alive today is about 64 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Clem first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 109 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Clem has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #260, in 1889.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #260 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #692 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Clem alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Clem were born in Texas than in any other state: about 51 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Clem was given 4.9 times as often in Texas, 4.3 times in Indiana and 3 times in Georgia.
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