Clive

#2,390 for boys in 2025, 57 births

Peak · boys
#752
1906 · 11 births
Debut · boys
1885
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,336
since 1885

Clive over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Clive has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #752, 1906boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,39057
2024#2,04274
2023#2,48054
2022#2,49355
2021#2,09669
2020#2,39255
2019#2,18864
2018#1,83882
2017#2,06567
2016#1,78885
2015#1,81582
2014#1,88477
2013#2,27856
2012#2,04967
2011#2,37653
2010#2,26257
2009#2,32056
2008#2,54249
2007#2,68445
2006#2,93238
2005#4,19821
2004#4,26420
2003#4,42618
2002#5,13114
2001#6,9359
2000#4,06619
1999#4,16217
1998#5,15912
1997#3,26122
1996#4,87812
1995#3,43219
1994#3,91116
1993#4,02015
1992#2,90923
1991#2,01937
1990#2,48827
1989#4,52711
1988#2,43724
1987#2,83818
1986#2,77918
1985#3,40113
1984#2,61318
1983#2,57718
1982#4,2349
1981#2,89815
1980#3,61511
1979#3,16813
1978#3,07013
1977#2,91014
1976#4,9356
1975#3,07812
1974#3,31810
1973#3,4459
1972—
1971#2,68613
1970#3,07110
1969#3,9356
1968#2,31113
1967#2,13914
1966#2,62710
1965#2,9828
1964#1,97517
1963#1,48528
1962#2,67310
1961#1,99717
1960#1,85819
1959#1,97417
1958#1,83819
1957#1,88718
1956#1,82119
1955#1,50326
1954#1,59323
1953#1,63022
1952#1,46127
1951#1,34430
1950#1,70119
1949#1,58322
1948#1,48724
1947#1,17638
1946#1,29929
1945#1,37823
1944#1,37024
1943#1,39925
1942#1,05441
1941#1,53220
1940#1,57319
1939#1,32325
1938#1,27527
1937#1,11934
1936#1,24328
1935#99241
1934#1,09236
1933#1,01340
1932#1,07739
1931#90151
1930#95850
1929#1,37827
1928#1,41327
1927#1,60323
1926#1,43226
1925#1,42527
1924#1,32931
1923#1,32230
1922#1,43427
1921#1,47526
1920#1,45726
1919#1,35128
1918#1,25631
1917#1,29128
1916#1,69818
1915#1,10034
1914#1,38819
1913#1,44114
1912#1,61910
1911—
1910#1,1938
1909#1,2776
1908#1,0218
1907—
1906#75211
1905—
1904#1,2055
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900#1,3105
1899#7868
1898—
1897#7878
1896#9826
1895#8727
1894#1,0745
1893—
1892#9566
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885#9365
1884—
1883—
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1881—
1880—
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Clive! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Clive
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 348 spots since 2024 (#2,042 → #2,390)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#2,392 → #2,390)
  • 575 spots since 2015 (#1,815 → #2,390)
  • Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1930 (#1,378 → #958)
  • Biggest drop: 524 spots in 1900 (#786 → #1,310)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1906 at #752 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1907, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1895–1897
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,105
  • Highest: 1 in 12,105 boys born in 1906 were named Clive (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,966 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 20.7% of all boys named Clive (690) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s40#786 (1899)#910
1900s35#752 (1906)#1,113
1910s190#1,100 (1915)#1,371
1920s270#1,322 (1923)#1,427
1930s371#901 (1931)#1,099
1940s265#1,054 (1942)#1,385
1950s220#1,344 (1951)#1,675
1960s142#1,485 (1963)#2,398
1970s100#2,686 (1971)#3,298
1980s155#2,437 (1988)#3,192
1990s200#2,019 (1991)#3,624
2000s289#2,320 (2009)#3,950
2010s690#1,788 (2016)#2,054
2020s364#2,042 (2024)#2,316

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.

Clive in 1947

boys
#1,176
38 births · 1 in 48,147 boys

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,176Clive38
More about 1947

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 48,147 of them was named Clive, which outranked 72.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clive
  1. #1,159Rexford39
  2. #1,159Rolf39
  3. #1,159Theo39
  4. #1,176Clive38
  5. #1,176Arlis38
  6. #1,176Gustave38
  7. #1,176Hampton38
  8. #1,190Brenda37
  9. #1,190Cleon37
  10. #1,190Dante37

Tied with 13 names at #1,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947 →