girls:
538 births since 1886
#5178 (9th percentile)
boys:
418 births since 1893
#4168 (9th percentile)
overall:
956 births since 1886
#6783 (12th percentile)
The name Clemence is the #6,783 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 956 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 12.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,178 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 538 births since 1886. For boys, it ranks #4,168 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 418 births since 1893.
Clemence first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for girls and 1893 for boys). Birth data for Clemence is available in 69 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (62 years for girls and 32 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Clemence has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Clemence were girls.
For girls, Clemence reached its peak popularity in 1901, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #319) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 55 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Clemence ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Clemence reached its peak popularity in 1914, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #439) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 1904, with 65 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1962.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Clemence".
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