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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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.
See more about Clovis
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #632 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1910–1931
- 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
- 21.1% of all boys named Clovis (653) were born in this decade
- 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 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 52,046 of them was named Clovis, which outranked 52.4% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,670Wilmer13
- #1,670Yolande13
- #1,670Zela13
- #1,766Clovis12
- #1,766Albena12
- #1,766Aleene12
- #1,766Alison12
- #1,883Abby11
- #1,883Adelyn11
- #1,883Agness11
Tied with 116 names at #1,766; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 12,814 of them was named Clovis, which outranked 77.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #720Lucious41
- #720Ocie41
- #720Reinhold41
- #734Clovis40
- #734Alberto40
- #734Evert40
- #734Franklyn40
- #745Archibald39
- #745Audrey39
- #745Bryant39
Tied with 10 names at #734; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.