# Clinton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clinton/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “town on a hill”, “settlement on the river glyme”, “enclosure”, “homestead”, “town” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklɪn.tn̩/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Clint |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 98,005 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 97,567 / 438 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 234, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (English habitational surname): A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from Old English [Term?] + tun (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton. * (given name): Derived from the surnames. * (DeWitt County): Named after DeWitt Clinton.

## What it means

Clinton is grouped under mountain.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 13 | 4,636 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7,434 |
| 1977 | 10 | 5,963 |
| 1978 | 13 | 4,981 |
| 1979 | 10 | 6,287 |
| 1980 | 16 | 4,554 |
| 1981 | 16 | 4,572 |
| 1982 | 11 | 6,000 |
| 1983 | 12 | 5,520 |
| 1984 | 18 | 4,191 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,540 |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,718 |
| 1987 | 18 | 4,504 |
| 1989 | 5 | 12,794 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,729 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 221 | 912 |
| 2012 | 227 | 912 |
| 2013 | 220 | 927 |
| 2014 | 234 | 915 |
| 2015 | 201 | 1,012 |
| 2016 | 187 | 1,057 |
| 2017 | 140 | 1,295 |
| 2018 | 158 | 1,195 |
| 2019 | 125 | 1,408 |
| 2020 | 129 | 1,370 |
| 2021 | 122 | 1,470 |
| 2022 | 133 | 1,398 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1,651 |
| 2024 | 82 | 1,924 |
| 2025 | 94 | 1,732 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | 1,828 |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Clinton

- Clinton Davisson, American physicist (1881-1958)
- Clinton Njie, Cameroonian professional footballer
- Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist (1855-1942)
- Clinton Mata, Angolan association football player
- Clinton Morrison, association football player
- Clinton Hill, Australian sprinter
- Clinton Anderson, American politician (1895–1975)
- Clinton Sundberg, American actor (1903-1987)
- Clinton Portis, American football player, running back
- Clinton Clauson, American politician and chiropractor (1895–1959)
- Clinton Wheeler, American basketball player (1959–2019)
- Clinton Rossiter, American political scientist (1917–1970)

## 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.