Clement comes from the Latin tradition, meaning Merciful, gentle, mild one.
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How popular is Clement?
1918peak year
Clement has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #2497), with about 53 babies named Clement each year. In 1918, 344 babies received the name (ranked #297). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 14,109.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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