Meaning and history
English form of the Roman name Clemens, or sometimes its derivative Clementius, meaning “merciful” or “gentle.” It was borne by 14 popes, including Saint Clement I, the third pope and one of the Apostolic Fathers, as well as Clement of Alexandria, a 3rd-century theologian and church father who tried to reconcile Christian and Platonic philosophy. The name has been widely used in Christian Europe in various spellings since early times, but in England it became rare after the Protestant Reformation and was revived in the 19th century.
20062006: 35 births, rank #3,083
2007: 45 births, rank #2,684
2008: 44 births, rank #2,753
2009: 28 births, rank #3,721
2010: 39 births, rank #2,958
20112011: 34 births, rank #3,235
2012: 40 births, rank #2,905
2013: 42 births, rank #2,763
2014: 43 births, rank #2,754
2015: 44 births, rank #2,722
20162016: 52 births, rank #2,437
2017: 56 births, rank #2,319
2018: 43 births, rank #2,796
2019: 49 births, rank #2,626
2020: 49 births, rank #2,586
20212021: 60 births, rank #2,300
2022: 55 births, rank #2,493
2023: 57 births, rank #2,387
2024: 65 births, rank #2,210
20252025: 62 births, rank #2,258
Clement moved from #960 to #991 for boys between 1968 and 1969. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 344 births.