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 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 75,062 of them was named Clovis, which outranked 58.0% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,110Willette16
- #2,110Wonda16
- #2,110Zeola16
- #2,202Clovis15
- #2,202Aliene15
- #2,202Allegra15
- #2,202Arlee15
- #2,306Agripina14
- #2,306Aleene14
- #2,306Aloma14
Tied with 103 names at #2,202; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 16,627 of them was named Clovis, which outranked 82.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).