Clover
#517 for girls in 2025, 578 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to girls 98.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 578 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,640since 1897
Clover over time
Rank among girls' names. Clover has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #517 | 578 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #617 | 485 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 2023 | #673 | 437 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #757 | 381 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #860 | 319 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #1,067 | 232 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,133 | 213 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #1,243 | 187 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,291 | 182 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,345 | 176 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,317 | 180 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,459 | 154 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,399 | 164 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,530 | 144 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,804 | 112 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,010 | 99 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,660 | 134 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,740 | 127 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #2,433 | 77 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,935 | 55 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,283 | 23 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,565 | 30 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,137 | 18 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,816 | 22 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Clover! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Clover
- 100 spots since 2024 (#617 → #517)
- 550 spots since 2020 (#1,067 → #517)
- 800 spots since 2015 (#1,317 → #517)
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 2021 (#1,067 → #860)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 2025 at #517 (578 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2021–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,781 girls born in 2025 were named Clover (0.04%)
- 43.1% of all girls named Clover (2,432) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 45 | #1,219 (1909) | #1,555 |
| 1910s | 143 | #1,421 (1910) | #1,874 |
| 1920s | 137 | #1,816 (1920) | #2,616 |
| 1930s | 74 | #2,567 (1934) | #3,190 |
| 1940s | 80 | #2,637 (1947) | #3,266 |
| 1950s | 106 | #2,694 (1951) | #3,465 |
| 1960s | 67 | #3,920 (1960) | #5,373 |
| 1970s | 197 | #2,433 (1974) | #3,497 |
| 1980s | 83 | #3,687 (1983) | #6,390 |
| 1990s | 81 | #5,626 (1997) | #7,960 |
| 2000s | 579 | #1,660 (2009) | #3,981 |
| 2010s | 1,611 | #1,133 (2019) | #1,453 |
| 2020s | 2,432 | #517 (2025) | #749 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Clover in 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 2,781 of them was named Clover, which outranked 97.0% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 113,872 of them was named Clover, which outranked 57.9% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #5,608Zoravar16
- #5,608Zuhair16
- #5,608Zyleek16
- #5,861Clover15
- #5,861Aavir15
- #5,861Abdurahman15
- #5,861Adarsh15
- #6,143Aarya14
- #6,143Aayden14
- #6,143Abdel14
Tied with 281 names at #5,861; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.