Clell
Clell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 727th, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192449 births
- Best rank
- #727in 1899
- Since 1884
- 1,221people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,221 boys have been named Clell in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 49 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 49 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 27%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Clell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 28 | |
| 1900s | 37 | |
| 1910s | 232 | |
| 1920s | 327 | |
| 1930s | 226 | |
| 1940s | 145 | |
| 1950s | 101 | |
| 1960s | 75 | |
| 1970s | 26 | |
| 1980s | 13 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Clell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1924 were Robert, John, William, James and Charles. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Clell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merlpeak 1922
- Buelpeak 1922
- Orlandpeak 1922
- Hillardpeak 1926
- Harviepeak 1922
- Clairpeak 1923
- Olenpeak 1922
- Nortonpeak 1928
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.