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Clemence

#10,263 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Mercy; mildness

Clemence has been given to 966 babies in the U.S. since 1886. In 2025 it ranked #10,263 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1917, with 20 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 57% girls, 43% boys all-time.

Babies named Clemence, 2025

1 in 368,000

Clemence over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Clemence over time

In 2025, Clemence went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18862025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Clemence: meaning, origin, and history

Mercy; mildness

Latin

What Clemence means

Clemence means “mercy; mildness”, associated with clēmentia.

Origin, language, and formation

Clemence is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Clemence comes through Latin clēmentia.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 548 girls were recorded with the name Clemence between 1886 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1917; its best national rank was #881 in 1890.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,072 in 2020 to #10,263 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,914 in 2015 to #10,263 in 2025.

In the United States, 418 boys were recorded with the name Clemence between 1893 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 23 in 1918; its best national rank was #821 in 1904.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Clemence?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,263
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Clemence sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Clemence. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Clemences were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Clemence was born before 1918 — so the typical Clemence is around 107 today.

Median birth year
1918
About 107 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
23.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
21.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
123
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1910s — 23.0% of all recorded uses (126).

Is Clemence rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,191
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,651
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.0%
Peak was 1917 (20)
Years since peak
108
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#881
1890

Spellings of Clemence

Clemence is not the most common spelling — Clarence is, with 77.2% against Clemence's 22.8%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Clemence is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Clemence was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 181,490 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Clemence has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Clemence is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Clemence was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 799,291 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Clemence has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Clemence around the world

Where Clemence ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #2,278
    in 2025
  • France
    1900–2025
    #78
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #208
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2004–2004
    #700
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Clemence by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,263
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,191
Best rank ever
#881
1890
Peak year
1917
20 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
548
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#821
1904
Peak year
1918
23 that year
First recorded
1893
Last recorded
1962
All-time count
418
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Clemence

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Clemence

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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