Clinton

Boy English #1662 in 2023

Clinton is a boy name of English origin.

Meaning of Clinton

A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from + gloss=enclosure, homestead, town, equivalent to the modern. Derived from the surnames.

Popularity of Clinton

Popularity, 1880–2023

103 births in 2023

1880 2023

97,392 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1981

2,206 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

Carol

Girl · Germanic languages

Shortened from Caroline

Brandon

Boy · English

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

from Κυνθία, feminine of Κύνθιος

Shirley

Girl · English

English place name from sċīr + lēah

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.