Clinton
Clinton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 81 births. Its best rank was 124th, in 1981.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 810.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19812,206 births
- Best rank
- #124in 1981
- Since 1880
- 97,473people given the name
The story in the numbers
97,473 boys have been named Clinton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 2,206 births — 0.12% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 81 births in 2024, against 2,206 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1980s alone account for 18%. It has spent 135 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Clinton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 867 | |
| 1890s | 857 | |
| 1900s | 1,122 | |
| 1910s | 5,302 | |
| 1920s | 8,443 | |
| 1930s | 6,708 | |
| 1940s | 7,706 | |
| 1950s | 9,323 | |
| 1960s | 10,268 | |
| 1970s | 16,346 | |
| 1980s | 17,536 | |
| 1990s | 7,930 | |
| 2000s | 2,585 | |
| 2010s | 1,912 | |
| 2020s | 568 |
In 1981, its biggest year
Clinton was the 124th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1981 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Clinton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosspeak 1985
- Josephpeak 1956
- Byronpeak 1964
- Mauricepeak 1921
- Sheltonpeak 1972
- Littlepeak 1975
- Nelsonpeak 1959
- Cliftonpeak 1975
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.