Clinton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning settlement on a hill or slope.
Babies a year
139
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Clinton by the numbers
Clinton was given to 139 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 2,206 babies in 1981, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clinton. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Cliftontown on a cliff or slope110 in the US (2017)
- Claytonclay settlement or town1,487 in the US (2017)
- Clintsettlement on a cliff; short form of Clinton134 in the US (2017)
- Cantoncorner or district21 in the US (2017)
- Clifftonsettlement by a steep cliff; a form of Clifton5 in the US (2017)
- Cainon6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Clinton, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Clinton
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