# Clint (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clint/  
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 | Danish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /klɪnt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 32,785 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32,731 / 54 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 73, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutive of Clinton. The Yorkshire place name is from Old Danish klint.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 8,215 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,560 |
| 1975 | 6 | 8,182 |
| 1977 | 7 | 7,702 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,048 |
| 1980 | 9 | 6,899 |
| 1981 | 6 | 9,348 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,592 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,539 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 98 | 1,579 |
| 2012 | 110 | 1,467 |
| 2013 | 122 | 1,377 |
| 2014 | 95 | 1,631 |
| 2015 | 116 | 1,454 |
| 2016 | 125 | 1,402 |
| 2017 | 136 | 1,325 |
| 2018 | 120 | 1,454 |
| 2019 | 114 | 1,498 |
| 2020 | 132 | 1,349 |
| 2021 | 97 | 1,691 |
| 2022 | 98 | 1,721 |
| 2023 | 79 | 1,957 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,426 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,364 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | 1,337 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,022 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,379 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,005 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |

## People named Clint

- Clint Eastwood, American actor and film director (born 1930)
- Clint Howard, American actor
- Clint Walker, American actor (1927–2018)
- Clint Mathis, American soccer player
- Clint Black, American country musician
- Clint Lowery, American musician
- Clint Bowyer, American racecar driver
- Clint Robinson, Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver
- Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player
- Clint Leemans, Dutch footballer
- Clint Bajakian, American musician
- Clint Benedict, Canadian ice hockey player (1892–1976)

## 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.