The name Clinton is of English origin, and means town near a hill.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Clinton has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Clinton
Use of the Name Clinton for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
93,579
58,382
26,734
3,166
1,290
503
253
The table below indicates the number of times the name Clinton has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Clinton
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
165
79
1881
142
87
1882
172
79
1883
148
87
1884
139
101
1885
162
82
1886
162
85
1887
177
71
1888
148
101
1889
151
95
1890
156
90
1891
150
87
1892
186
84
1893
182
80
1894
184
80
1895
172
91
1896
174
93
1897
172
90
1898
173
93
1899
193
70
1900
205
91
1901
192
76
1902
181
92
1903
164
106
1904
167
109
1905
186
98
1906
181
100
1907
159
139
1908
165
140
1909
149
171
1910
175
161
1911
176
178
1912
161
362
1913
177
387
1914
157
565
1915
167
682
1916
181
661
1917
180
673
1918
166
824
1919
164
817
1920
158
902
1921
167
876
1922
164
919
1923
168
854
1924
174
835
1925
172
862
1926
173
836
1927
183
791
1928
180
789
1929
183
758
1930
201
695
1931
191
685
1932
189
701
1933
190
641
1934
194
640
1935
185
714
1936
190
652
1937
195
659
1938
196
658
1939
195
655
1940
203
639
1941
194
737
1942
207
731
1943
210
714
1944
211
681
1945
209
682
1946
214
797
1947
208
944
1948
219
851
1949
211
914
1950
223
824
1951
216
897
1952
226
876
1953
233
842
1954
245
789
1955
243
827
1956
235
960
1957
229
1,081
1958
236
1,070
1959
239
1,125
1960
243
1,091
1961
249
995
1962
255
914
1963
244
985
1964
239
1,019
1965
246
920
1966
251
822
1967
235
909
1968
207
1,124
1969
187
1,478
1970
175
1,594
1971
179
1,483
1972
170
1,476
1973
161
1,510
1974
157
1,550
1975
154
1,575
1976
150
1,659
1977
142
1,867
1978
148
1,761
1979
146
1,853
1980
131
2,162
1981
124
2,204
1982
133
2,085
1983
140
1,897
1984
145
1,849
1985
162
1,688
1986
174
1,527
1987
194
1,360
1988
195
1,397
1989
211
1,352
1990
203
1,495
1991
191
1,664
1992
211
1,465
1993
316
837
1994
397
586
1995
466
479
1996
516
395
1997
496
421
1998
589
322
1999
664
259
2000
634
287
2001
697
257
2002
727
243
2003
726
250
2004
731
253
Totals:
93,579
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Clinton as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.