Name meaning & stats
Clement
Clement means “merciful” (Latin origin). 6,147 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“merciful”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
6,147 US babies were named Clement between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Clement (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 66% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)