Clide

Last seen for girls in 1929 at #4,570 · Last seen for boys in 1960 at #4,038
Given to boys 95.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1883 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
718
since 1883

Clide over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clide has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #892, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1960#4,0385
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1957#3,9935
1956#2,9698
1955#3,8865
1954#2,59210
1953#3,1437
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1951#2,36711
1950#2,11113
1949#3,6905
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1943#2,7328
1942#2,7128
1941#2,33310
1940#2,32210
1939#2,05012
1938#1,90114
1937#2,08812
1936#1,87214
1935#1,53820
1934#2,12112
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1932#2,6389
1931#1,77017
1930#1,42826
1929#4,5705#1,44325
1928#1,61122
1927#4,2866#1,40728
1926#1,37928
1925#1,58323
1924#1,45827
1923#1,32230
1922#4,4456#1,50325
1921#1,64822
1920#1,82019
1919#1,26431
1918#3,02410#1,44625
1917#1,47923
1916#4,4175#1,24029
1915#4,2745#2,07013
1914#1,38819
1913#1,44114
1912#1,17416
1911#1,3877
1910#1,1938
1909#1,4405
1908#1,3735
1907#1,3455
1906#1,1116
1905#1,2335
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1902#1,0136
1901#9436
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1883#8925
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Clide! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1900, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Clide
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
  • Biggest drop: 70 spots in 1902 (#943#1,013)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #892 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1901
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,745
  • Highest: 1 in 17,745 boys born in 1901 were named Clide (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 426,464 boys born in 1960 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #892 in 1883, was only 1 in 20,925 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 34.7% of all boys named Clide (249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#892 (1883)#892
1890s0
1900s38#943 (1901)#1,208
1910s185#1,174 (1912)#1,408
1920s249#1,322 (1923)#1,517
1930s136#1,428 (1930)#1,934
1940s41#2,322 (1940)#2,758
1950s59#2,111 (1950)#3,009
1960s5#4,038 (1960)#4,038

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Clide in 1883

boys
#892
5 births · 1 in 20,925 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #892Clide5
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 20,925 of them was named Clide, which outranked 13.4% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clide
  1. #799Wyatt6
  2. #799Zeke6
  3. #799Zeno6
  4. #892Clide5
  5. #892Albertus5
  6. #892Alcide5
  7. #892Alec5

Tied with 138 names at #892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 416Sumner#943#527
  2. 377Alf#837#460
  3. 358Arlie#837#479
  4. 358Everette#837#479
  5. 346Ocie#943#597
Fallers
  1. 429Morton#370#799
  2. 423Saul#469#892
  3. 403Pierce#489#892
  4. 378Bryant#514#892
  5. 352Buck#540#892

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1883