Clinton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Clinton: Recorded since 1969, it reached #59 in 1973, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#59highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#1174
1998	#1263
1999	#1850
2000	#1330
2001	#1027
2002	#1651
2003	#1248
2004	#1410
2005	#1534
2006	#1892
2007	#1506
2008	#1828
2009	#1981
2010	#2400
2011	#1909
2012	#2458
2013	#3822
2014	#2690
2015	#3373
2016	#2556
2017	#4812
2018	#3412
2020	#3848
2022	#4001
2023	#4107
2024	#5119

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 45 years from 1969 to 2013.

In 2013: #711 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3822 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #196 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1971–1983
Highest recorded position: #59 among boys in New Zealand, in 1973 (recorded 1971–1983).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Clinton appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 234 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1969.

Clinton across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Clinton's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#196 (1969)	#196 (1969)	#711 (2013)	26 of 45	141 (1969–2013)	11 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#784 (1996)	#784 (1996)	#5119 (2024)	27 of 29	234 (1996–2024)	19 (1996)
New Zealand · Boys	#80 (1971)	#59 (1973)	#86 (1983)	12 of 13	1,004 (1971–1983)	118 (1973)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#100 (1976)	#77 (1980)	#93 (1984)	9 of 9	790 (1976–1984)	102 (1983)

Clinton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Clinton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	46	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	114	10 of 10	11
2010s	59	9 of 10	7
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Clinton appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #59 in New Zealand in 1973.

Clinton'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	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	68	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New Zealand	male	#86	62	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#82	63	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#81	62	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#70	82	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#97	58	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#72	84	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#69	90	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#75	85	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#60	109	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#59	118	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#78	93	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#80	98	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#260	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1969 and 2024, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #59, first reached in 1973.

It held a top-100 place in 14 years, 14 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 118 births, registered in New Zealand in 1973.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1971, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Clifford · #142, 51y
Clint · #86, 23y
Clio · #1383, 29y
Cliodhna · #52, 56y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Janette · #58, 45y
Tiffany · #57, 43y
Dane · #62, 45y
Francesca · #53, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Eamon · #59, 62y
Bronagh · #60, 61y
Catriona · #58, 60y
Darrin · #58, 18y

Clinton was ranked #59 in New Zealand · Boys in 1973. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Clinton 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 Clinton without appearing here.

Clinton moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #1651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1248 and #1962.
Ronald Compare
In 2003 they stood at #500 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #299 and #506.
Roger Compare
In 2006 they stood at #500 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #473 and #629.

Moved ahead of Clinton

Hans Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2556 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #2172.
Gustav Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2556 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #2512.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3373 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.

Moved the opposite way to Clinton

Aaron Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clinton went from #196 to #711 while Aaron went from #174 to #24.
Adam Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clinton went from #196 to #711 while Adam went from #196 to #6.
Alexander Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clinton went from #196 to #711 while Alexander went from #135 to #39.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clinton went from #196 to #711 while Benjamin went from #154 to #68.

Moved the same way as Clinton

Adrian Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clinton went from #196 to #711 and Adrian from #48 to #161.
Alfred Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clinton went from #196 to #711 and Alfred from #163 to #383.
Denis Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clinton went from #196 to #711 and Denis from #29 to #161.
Edward Compare
Between 1969 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clinton went from #196 to #711 and Edward from #22 to #96.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #59 in New Zealand in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Clinton

Clinton at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Clinton across 4 official records

Clinton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Clinton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Clinton and the names beside it

Clinton moved ahead of

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Clinton at a glance

Clinton across 4 official records

Clinton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Clinton appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Clinton

Clinton and the names beside it

Clinton moved ahead of

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Moved the opposite way to Clinton

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