# Clement (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clement/  
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 |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “merciful” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklɛmənt/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Clem |
| Variant spellings | Clementine |
| US babies named this | 14,173 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,167 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 510, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 6 | 3,772 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 3,252 |
| 2012 | 40 | 2,910 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,773 |
| 2014 | 43 | 2,760 |
| 2015 | 44 | 2,728 |
| 2016 | 52 | 2,441 |
| 2017 | 56 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 43 | 2,807 |
| 2019 | 49 | 2,630 |
| 2020 | 49 | 2,591 |
| 2021 | 60 | 2,305 |
| 2022 | 55 | 2,496 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,395 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,213 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,262 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: إِكْلِمِنْدِس
- Armenian: Կղեմես
- Catalan: Climent
- Chinese: 克萊門特 /克莱门特
- Czech: Klement
- Dutch: Clemens
- Finnish: Klemetti
- French: Clément
- Georgian: კლემენტ
- German: Clemens
- Greek: Κλήμης, Κλήμεντας
- Hungarian: Kelemen
- Italian: Clemente
- Polish: Klemens
- Portuguese: Clemente
- Russian: Кли́ме́нт, Кле́ме́нт
- Spanish: Clemente
- Swedish: Klemens
- Tagalog: Clemente
- Ukrainian: Клим, Климе́нтій

## People named Clement

- Clément Marot, French poet (1495-1544)
- Clément Lenglet, French footballer (born 1995)
- Clément Ader, French inventor and engineer
- Clement VII, antipope from 1378 to 1394
- Clement III, antipope 1080 to 1100
- Clément Turpin, French football referee
- Clément Grenier, French footballer (born 1991)
- Clement Greenberg, American essayist and visual art critic (1909-1994)
- Clement VIII, antipope at Avignon from 1423 to 1429
- Clément Noël, French alpine ski racer
- Clément Janequin, French composer
- Clément Mouamba, Congolese politician (1943–2021)

## 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.