# Clemence (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clemence/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “mercy”, “mildness” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 966 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 418 / 548 (57% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 278, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From clemence, from Latin clēmentia (“mercy; mildness”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 15,826 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17,923 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,804 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,988 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,919 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,072 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,893 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,223 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8,706 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,077 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,345 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,573 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,703 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,267 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 16 | 2,022 |
| 1926 | 14 | 2,216 |
| 1927 | 17 | 1,969 |
| 1928 | 16 | 1,977 |
| 1929 | 17 | 1,861 |
| 1930 | 9 | 2,814 |
| 1932 | 10 | 2,492 |
| 1933 | 10 | 2,398 |
| 1934 | 9 | 2,596 |
| 1935 | 13 | 2,047 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,637 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,615 |
| 1944 | 7 | 2,909 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,768 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,361 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 28 | 1,184 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## People named Clemence

- Clémence Poésy, French actress and model
- Clémence Royer, French philosopher and scholar (1830–1902)
- Clémence Saint-Preux, French singer and actress
- Clémence Beikes, French basketball player (born 1983)
- Clémence de Grandval, French composer
- Clémence Botino, French beauty pageant contestant
- Clémence Calvin, French distance runner
- Clémence Guetté, French politician (born 1991)
- Clémence Grimal, French snowboarder
- Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier, American physician
- Clémence Vieira, French beach volleyball player
- Clemence Housman, English author and illustrator (1861–1955)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.