Clell
Recorded 1884–1988 · United States
Clell was most popular in 1924, when 49 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,035 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,221 people named Clell.
Clell over time
How old is the name Clell?
Clell first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 75 of the 142 years since. It was last recorded in 1988.
How many people are named Clell?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,221 American births named Clell between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 270 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Clell in 2025?
Clell was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Clell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Clell is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,221 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Clell?
Roughly 270 Americans named Clell are alive today — 22% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 72 years old, and half are between 63 and 81.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Clell is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org