Clovis
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #4,896 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 83.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,092since 1880
Clovis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,707 | 21 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,633 | 16 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,936 | 19 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,270 | 13 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,459 | 16 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | — | #1,625 | 24 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,731 | 22 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | — | #1,267 | 38 | |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #1,171 | 38 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #1,045 | 43 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,368 | 26 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #1,026 | 43 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #987 | 42 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #994 | 42 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #1,109 | 34 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #835 | 53 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | #778 | 63 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 | #788 | 62 |
| 1933 | #1,723 | 20 | #812 | 58 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | #959 | 47 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 | #797 | 66 |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #801 | 65 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #872 | 58 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | #924 | 55 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #831 | 63 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 | #843 | 62 |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 | #793 | 72 |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 | #791 | 70 |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 | #818 | 68 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #884 | 62 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #739 | 78 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | #811 | 65 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | #789 | 68 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | #650 | 84 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #771 | 63 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | #741 | 65 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #632 | 64 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #734 | 40 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | #713 | 36 |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #779 | 12 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clovis was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 2,125 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #4,707)
- 4,032 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #4,707)
- 5,937 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #4,707)
- Biggest jump: 566 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #779)
- Biggest drop: 418 spots in 1907 (#927 → #1,345)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #632 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1910–1931
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,936
- Highest: 1 in 9,936 boys born in 1903 were named Clovis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #632 in 1914, was only 1 in 10,231 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.1% of all boys named Clovis (653) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #745 (1880) | #780 |
| 1890s | 50 | #705 (1893) | #862 |
| 1900s | 76 | #656 (1903) | #956 |
| 1910s | 511 | #632 (1914) | #763 |
| 1920s | 653 | #739 (1920) | #830 |
| 1930s | 492 | #778 (1935) | #933 |
| 1940s | 359 | #987 (1941) | #1,159 |
| 1950s | 270 | #1,171 (1951) | #1,498 |
| 1960s | 163 | #1,625 (1962) | #2,103 |
| 1970s | 127 | #2,418 (1972) | #2,961 |
| 1980s | 98 | #3,256 (1980) | #4,446 |
| 1990s | 51 | #5,452 (1994) | #6,856 |
| 2000s | 58 | #6,522 (2002) | #9,331 |
| 2010s | 89 | #6,036 (2018) | #8,002 |
| 2020s | 81 | #4,707 (2025) | #7,181 |
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.
Clovis in 1905
boys
#836
9 births · 1 in 14,701 boys
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 14,701 of them was named Clovis, which outranked 41.2% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).