Clementine sits at #484 with 251 entries, registered female. The three-syllable shape (KLEM-en-tine) is unusually long for a pet name at this rank, which signals owners are deliberately choosing the lyrical, vintage option rather than defaulting to a short name. It belongs to the cottagecore and citrus-name pet-naming wave that gained ground in the late 2010s.
The cottagecore citrus cohort
Clementine clusters with Juniper, Willow, and Tangerine in the botanical-and-fruit pet-naming family. Owners reaching for these names are engaging with a specific aesthetic — vintage, slightly crafted, often with a copper or orange visual association. The naming pattern peaked through the late 2010s and has held steady, suggesting it's settled into the rotation rather than fading.
The pop-culture echoes
Multiple cultural anchors quietly support the name: the folk song "Oh My Darling, Clementine" (a 19th-century Western ballad), Kate Winslet's character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Clementine the recurring character in Telltale's The Walking Dead game series. None dominates, but the cumulative cultural weight keeps the name familiar without overloading it with a single reading.
Color and breed lean
Clementine over-indexes on orange and ginger pets — orange tabbies, red Cocker Spaniels, Vizslas, Irish Setters, and any dog with a copper coat. The literal-color reading does meaningful work alongside the aesthetic register. Households almost universally fall back on Clem, Clemmie, or Tine as the daily call name; the long form is for paperwork. The Clementine baby name page shows the SSA chart climbing through the 2010s.