Clint
Clint was the 2364th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 195th with 1,274 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 910 places. More babies were named Clint in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning short form of Clinton; "hill settlement" · Old English, English
Say it KLINT /klɪnt/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,364 boys, down 1,015 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 58boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19801,274 babies
- Total since 1880
- 32,785babies recorded
What does the name Clint mean?
Clint is the short form of Clinton, an English surname from places named Glinton or Glympton, which Wiktionary explains as "settlement on a hill" or "settlement on the River Glyme" (with Old English tūn, "settlement"). Clint became a first name in its own right in the 20th century, made familiar by Clint Eastwood, and was most popular in the US in the 1970s.
tūn (Old English, “enclosure, settlement”)
How sure is this? Probable. The first part of the place-names behind Clinton is not fully settled.
Related names: Clinton, Clynt.
See also: English names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Clint', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Clinton', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wikipedia, 'Clint (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Clint popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 54 since 1970.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,364 | 58 |
| 2020 | #1,349 | 132 |
| 2010 | #1,325 | 129 |
| 2000 | #919 | 168 |
| 1990 | #376 | 618 |
| 1980 | #195 | 1,274 |
| 1970 | #268 | 805 |
| 1960 | #361 | 471 |
| 1950 | #886 | 60 |
| 1940 | #821 | 58 |
| 1930 | #856 | 59 |
| 1920 | #820 | 67 |
| 1910 | #583 | 24 |
| 1900 | #494 | 22 |
| 1890 | #393 | 21 |
| 1880 | #328 | 27 |
How popular is Clint, counting every spelling?
Clint is the most common spelling of a name family that had 58 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 58 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clint | 58 | #2,364 | 389 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Clint?
58 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Clint (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Clint born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 144 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Clint.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Clint?
About 27,400 people born in the US named Clint are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 37 and 54. That makes Clint mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Clint by state
How common Clint was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 41 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Clint: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Clint, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Clint · Sibling names for Clint
Clint is also a nickname for Clinton.
Questions about the name Clint
What does Clint mean?
Clint means “short form of Clinton; "hill settlement"” (Old English, English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Clint?
Clint was the 2364th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 195th with 1,274 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 910 places. More babies were named Clint in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Clint a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Clint in the US.
Where is Clint most popular?
In 2021–2025, Clint was most common in Kentucky (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Minnesota and North Carolina.