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Clinton Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Clinton?

Ranking 1,193rd in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Clinton is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Clinton has seen higher popularity rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #124 in 1981 with 2,206 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Clinton was 70 in 1899.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Clinton occurred roughly during the years 1904-1918, 1944-1947, 1954-1957, 1965-1970, 1974-1980, and 1988-1991, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1992-1999.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Clinton be?

Clinton's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Clinton for their newborn has dropped.

The name Clinton is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Clinton has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Clinton (Girl)Clinton (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 158 1,193
2017 < 5 -- 140 1,292
2016 < 5 -- 187 1,051
2015 < 5 -- 201 1,011
2014 < 5 -- 234 914
2013 < 5 -- 220 926
2012 < 5 -- 227 911
2011 < 5 -- 220 916
2010 < 5 -- 198 991
2009 < 5 -- 226 912
2008 < 5 -- 248 855
2007 < 5 -- 290 757
2006 < 5 -- 240 843
2005 < 5 -- 279 726
2004 < 5 -- 258 731
2003 < 5 -- 252 726
2002 < 5 -- 245 724
2001 < 5 -- 257 698
2000 < 5 -- 289 633
1999 < 5 -- 260 664
1998 < 5 -- 322 589
1997 < 5 -- 421 495
1996 < 5 -- 395 515
1995 < 5 -- 476 466
1994 < 5 -- 585 397
1993 < 5 -- 838 316
1992 5 13,726 1,467 211
1991 < 5 -- 1,665 191
1990 < 5 -- 1,500 202
1989 5 12,790 1,353 211
1988 < 5 -- 1,398 195
1987 18 4,504 1,361 194
1986 7 8,717 1,527 174
1985 6 9,538 1,691 162
1984 18 4,191 1,851 145
1983 12 5,513 1,900 141
1982 11 5,996 2,080 133
1981 16 4,568 2,206 124
1980 16 4,550 2,167 131
1979 10 6,284 1,855 146
1978 13 4,979 1,764 148
1977 10 5,962 1,870 142
1976 7 7,431 1,660 151
1975 13 4,635 1,577 154
1974 12 4,772 1,548 157
1973 8 6,193 1,511 161
1972 7 6,684 1,486 169
1971 8 6,102 1,485 179
1970 8 5,910 1,597 175
1969 6 6,778 1,480 187
1968 10 4,541 1,125 207
1967 8 5,058 908 235
1966 7 5,360 826 251
1965 < 5 -- 919 245
1964 9 4,674 1,018 240
1963 < 5 -- 985 244
1962 7 5,392 916 255
1961 < 5 -- 996 248
1960 < 5 -- 1,095 243
1959 5 6,417 1,123 239
1958 < 5 -- 1,072 236
1957 8 4,592 1,086 229
1956 7 4,907 960 236
1955 < 5 -- 833 243
1954 5 5,882 787 246
1953 < 5 -- 845 232
1952 < 5 -- 880 225
1951 5 5,557 897 217
1950 5 5,433 831 220
1949 < 5 -- 911 212
1948 < 5 -- 856 218
1947 8 4,051 945 208
1946 < 5 -- 805 213
1945 < 5 -- 682 209
1944 < 5 -- 690 210
1943 < 5 -- 710 210
1942 < 5 -- 738 206
1941 < 5 -- 737 194
1940 6 3,942 632 204
1939 5 4,371 657 195
1938 8 3,239 657 196
1937 < 5 -- 659 195
1936 6 3,773 653 190
1935 < 5 -- 717 185
1934 < 5 -- 643 194
1933 < 5 -- 640 190
1932 5 4,529 699 189
1931 6 3,953 688 191
1930 10 2,884 694 201
1929 11 2,762 762 183
1928 16 2,207 788 181
1927 8 3,609 794 181
1926 7 3,954 843 171
1925 7 4,099 861 172
1924 < 5 -- 832 174
1923 7 4,051 866 168
1922 8 3,723 916 165
1921 < 5 -- 873 169
1920 5 5,119 908 158
1919 7 3,904 812 167
1918 11 2,857 822 166
1917 < 5 -- 670 182
1916 < 5 -- 662 180
1915 < 5 -- 681 167
1914 < 5 -- 566 157
1913 < 5 -- 386 178
1912 < 5 -- 362 161
1911 < 5 -- 179 176
1910 < 5 -- 162 175
1909 < 5 -- 171 149
1908 < 5 -- 140 166
1907 < 5 -- 139 159
1906 < 5 -- 100 181
1905 < 5 -- 98 186
1904 < 5 -- 109 167
1903 < 5 -- 106 164
1902 < 5 -- 92 181
1901 < 5 -- 76 192
1900 < 5 -- 91 205
1899 < 5 -- 70 193
1898 < 5 -- 92 174
1897 < 5 -- 90 172
1896 < 5 -- 93 174
1895 < 5 -- 91 171
1894 < 5 -- 80 184
1893 < 5 -- 80 181
1892 < 5 -- 84 186
1891 < 5 -- 87 150
1890 < 5 -- 90 156
1889 < 5 -- 95 151
1888 < 5 -- 101 148
1887 < 5 -- 71 177
1886 < 5 -- 85 162
1885 < 5 -- 82 162
1884 < 5 -- 101 139
1883 < 5 -- 87 148
1882 < 5 -- 79 172
1881 < 5 -- 87 142
1880 < 5 -- 79 165

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.