Clemency

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Clemency: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Clemency: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,720 in 2012, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1720highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
2000	#2746
2001	#3262
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2008	#3005
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#1720
2013	#2887
2014	#2314
2015	#2945
2016	#2547
2017	#1995
2018	#3178
2019	#3541
2020	#2163
2021	#2201
2022	#2673
2023	#2927
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1720 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Clemency by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Clemency in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	36	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	87	10 of 10	9
2020s	44	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Clemency appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1720 in England and Wales in 2012.

Clemency's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,720, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
17births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Clea · #907, 24y
Clemence · #1184, 26y
Clement · #156, 49y
Clementina · #3549, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elyssia · #1720, 27y
Saja · #1720, 21y
Donya · #1722, 28y
Habeebah · #1722, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Elyssia · #1720, 27y
Donya · #1722, 28y
Habeebah · #1722, 26y
Janey · #1722, 22y

Clemency and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Clemency without appearing here.

Clemency moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1720 and #5876.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1720 and #5876.
Carol Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1720 and #4838.
Rian Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1720 and #4838.

Moved ahead of Clemency

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #1743.
Finley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2673 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.
Luca Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Clemency

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clemency went from #2738 to #5891 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clemency went from #2738 to #5891 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clemency went from #2738 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clemency went from #2738 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Clemency

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clemency went from #2738 to #5891 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clemency went from #2738 to #5891 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clemency went from #2738 to #5891 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clemency went from #2738 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1720 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Clemency

Clemency at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Clemency by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Clemency appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Clemency and the names beside it

Clemency moved ahead of

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Clemency at a glance

Clemency by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Clemency appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Clemency and the names beside it

Clemency moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Clemency

Moved the opposite way to Clemency

Moved the same way as Clemency