Clive
#2,390 for boys in 2025, 57 births
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,336since 1885
Clive over time
Rank among boys' names. Clive has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,390 | 57 |
| 2024 | #2,042 | 74 |
| 2023 | #2,480 | 54 |
| 2022 | #2,493 | 55 |
| 2021 | #2,096 | 69 |
| 2020 | #2,392 | 55 |
| 2019 | #2,188 | 64 |
| 2018 | #1,838 | 82 |
| 2017 | #2,065 | 67 |
| 2016 | #1,788 | 85 |
| 2015 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2014 | #1,884 | 77 |
| 2013 | #2,278 | 56 |
| 2012 | #2,049 | 67 |
| 2011 | #2,376 | 53 |
| 2010 | #2,262 | 57 |
| 2009 | #2,320 | 56 |
| 2008 | #2,542 | 49 |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 45 |
| 2006 | #2,932 | 38 |
| 2005 | #4,198 | 21 |
| 2004 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #3,432 | 19 |
| 1994 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #2,019 | 37 |
| 1990 | #2,488 | 27 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #1,858 | 19 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,344 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,583 | 22 |
| 1948 | #1,487 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,176 | 38 |
| 1946 | #1,299 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,054 | 41 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #992 | 41 |
| 1934 | #1,092 | 36 |
| 1933 | #1,013 | 40 |
| 1932 | #1,077 | 39 |
| 1931 | #901 | 51 |
| 1930 | #958 | 50 |
| 1929 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,432 | 26 |
| 1925 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1924 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1923 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Clive is popular in 2010
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,840 · 1 in 29,221
- Texas#1,987 · 1 in 29,769
Best ever in a state: #174 in Utah, 1918.
Show every state
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| California | #1,840 | 8 | 1 in 29,221 |
| Texas | #1,987 | 6 | 1 in 29,769 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Clive
- 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)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1906 at #752 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1895–1897
- 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%)
- 20.7% of all boys named Clive (690) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 40 | #786 (1899) | #910 |
| 1900s | 35 | #752 (1906) | #1,113 |
| 1910s | 190 | #1,100 (1915) | #1,371 |
| 1920s | 270 | #1,322 (1923) | #1,427 |
| 1930s | 371 | #901 (1931) | #1,099 |
| 1940s | 265 | #1,054 (1942) | #1,385 |
| 1950s | 220 | #1,344 (1951) | #1,675 |
| 1960s | 142 | #1,485 (1963) | #2,398 |
| 1970s | 100 | #2,686 (1971) | #3,298 |
| 1980s | 155 | #2,437 (1988) | #3,192 |
| 1990s | 200 | #2,019 (1991) | #3,624 |
| 2000s | 289 | #2,320 (2009) | #3,950 |
| 2010s | 690 | #1,788 (2016) | #2,054 |
| 2020s | 364 | #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 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 33,661 of them was named Clive, which outranked 84.1% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,239Tommie58
- #2,239Xzavion58
- #2,239Zavian58
- #2,262Clive57
- #2,262Alessio57
- #2,262Andon57
- #2,262Cameren57
- #2,287Aspen56
- #2,287Brodee56
- #2,287Calum56
Tied with 24 names at #2,262; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.