Clyde
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #7,567 · #742 for boys in 2025, 350 births
Given to boys 97.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 336 births
- Debut · boys
- 221 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 59 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 144,994since 1880
Clyde over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #742 | 350 | |
| 2024 | — | #728 | 362 | |
| 2023 | — | #721 | 368 | |
| 2022 | — | #684 | 395 | |
| 2021 | — | #731 | 352 | |
| 2020 | — | #715 | 348 | |
| 2019 | — | #779 | 299 | |
| 2018 | — | #729 | 328 | |
| 2017 | — | #704 | 350 | |
| 2016 | — | #794 | 298 | |
| 2015 | — | #802 | 288 | |
| 2014 | — | #806 | 285 | |
| 2013 | — | #999 | 196 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,155 | 158 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,159 | 154 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,267 | 137 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,257 | 140 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,224 | 143 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,246 | 141 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,289 | 129 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,257 | 125 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,144 | 137 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,248 | 116 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,223 | 112 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,171 | 117 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,015 | 144 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,086 | 123 | |
| 1998 | — | #921 | 154 | |
| 1997 | — | #966 | 136 | |
| 1996 | — | #962 | 133 | |
| 1995 | — | #827 | 168 | |
| 1994 | — | #872 | 152 | |
| 1993 | — | #776 | 184 | |
| 1992 | — | #734 | 199 | |
| 1991 | — | #745 | 187 | |
| 1990 | — | #641 | 250 | |
| 1989 | — | #653 | 235 | |
| 1988 | — | #639 | 223 | |
| 1987 | — | #622 | 215 | |
| 1986 | — | #571 | 241 | |
| 1985 | — | #524 | 277 | |
| 1984 | — | #494 | 291 | |
| 1983 | — | #496 | 289 | |
| 1982 | — | #485 | 309 | |
| 1981 | — | #443 | 346 | |
| 1980 | — | #420 | 386 | |
| 1979 | — | #435 | 340 | |
| 1978 | — | #416 | 353 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #411 | 367 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #394 | 386 |
| 1975 | — | #391 | 399 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #377 | 416 |
| 1973 | — | #344 | 492 | |
| 1972 | — | #349 | 487 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #352 | 520 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #315 | 621 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #307 | 607 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #301 | 626 |
| 1967 | — | #286 | 640 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #288 | 666 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #269 | 770 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #257 | 891 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #240 | 1,008 |
| 1962 | — | #225 | 1,137 | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #210 | 1,354 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #206 | 1,372 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #196 | 1,468 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #183 | 1,552 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #176 | 1,744 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #175 | 1,716 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | #164 | 1,741 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #161 | 1,777 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #154 | 1,855 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | #143 | 2,014 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #132 | 2,054 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #136 | 1,985 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | #131 | 2,084 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | #131 | 2,073 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 | #128 | 2,263 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #122 | 2,065 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | #121 | 1,858 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | #111 | 2,081 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 | #114 | 2,194 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 | #109 | 2,206 |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 | #113 | 1,872 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 | #102 | 2,014 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | #101 | 1,959 |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 | #97 | 2,130 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 | #93 | 2,105 |
| 1936 | #1,096 | 41 | #89 | 2,153 |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 | #82 | 2,355 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 39 | #84 | 2,323 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 | #87 | 2,141 |
| 1932 | #998 | 50 | #82 | 2,319 |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 | #77 | 2,336 |
| 1930 | #889 | 66 | #76 | 2,631 |
| 1929 | #886 | 65 | #74 | 2,628 |
| 1928 | #831 | 75 | #74 | 2,713 |
| 1927 | #776 | 87 | #68 | 2,880 |
| 1926 | #879 | 71 | #67 | 2,873 |
| 1925 | #786 | 88 | #68 | 2,906 |
| 1924 | #804 | 86 | #69 | 3,006 |
| 1923 | #811 | 81 | #68 | 2,853 |
| 1922 | #725 | 100 | #67 | 3,007 |
| 1921 | #788 | 86 | #69 | 3,022 |
| 1920 | #739 | 95 | #68 | 3,069 |
| 1919 | #666 | 109 | #67 | 2,884 |
| 1918 | #688 | 109 | #67 | 2,917 |
| 1917 | #612 | 124 | #64 | 2,719 |
| 1916 | #630 | 116 | #62 | 2,707 |
| 1915 | #605 | 117 | #63 | 2,518 |
| 1914 | #577 | 96 | #63 | 1,954 |
| 1913 | #544 | 87 | #64 | 1,537 |
| 1912 | #648 | 59 | #65 | 1,314 |
| 1911 | #501 | 68 | #61 | 697 |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 | #57 | 617 |
| 1909 | #483 | 60 | #60 | 516 |
| 1908 | #527 | 48 | #59 | 511 |
| 1907 | #475 | 56 | #56 | 507 |
| 1906 | #428 | 64 | #55 | 457 |
| 1905 | #447 | 57 | #52 | 474 |
| 1904 | #437 | 55 | #51 | 457 |
| 1903 | #442 | 52 | #52 | 413 |
| 1902 | #440 | 50 | #60 | 382 |
| 1901 | #376 | 62 | #55 | 356 |
| 1900 | #417 | 65 | #56 | 451 |
| 1899 | #396 | 53 | #58 | 330 |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 | #58 | 383 |
| 1897 | #386 | 56 | #58 | 359 |
| 1896 | #403 | 50 | #58 | 372 |
| 1895 | #403 | 49 | #59 | 370 |
| 1894 | #446 | 39 | #56 | 386 |
| 1893 | #394 | 46 | #55 | 391 |
| 1892 | #396 | 45 | #56 | 390 |
| 1891 | #430 | 34 | #57 | 327 |
| 1890 | #366 | 47 | #64 | 317 |
| 1889 | #393 | 38 | #62 | 318 |
| 1888 | #425 | 34 | #60 | 344 |
| 1887 | #390 | 31 | #55 | 320 |
| 1886 | #476 | 21 | #62 | 307 |
| 1885 | #413 | 25 | #57 | 318 |
| 1884 | #425 | 22 | #56 | 345 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 | #50 | 336 |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 | #62 | 293 |
| 1881 | #405 | 17 | #68 | 232 |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 | #72 | 221 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Clyde was already there! It came in at #72, and was given to 221 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1994–2012, when fewer than 170 boys a year got the name.
Where Clyde is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#49 · 1 in 263
- Tennessee#53 · 1 in 277
- Wyoming#59 · 1 in 240
- Florida#62 · 1 in 297
- West Virginia#64 · 1 in 320
Best ever in a state: #13 in Utah, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #49 | 147 | 1 in 263 |
| Tennessee | #53 | 107 | 1 in 277 |
| Wyoming | #59 | 8 | 1 in 240 |
| Florida | #62 | 56 | 1 in 297 |
| West Virginia | #64 | 62 | 1 in 320 |
| Virginia | #66 | 81 | 1 in 318 |
| Oklahoma | #68 | 71 | 1 in 306 |
| South Carolina | #69 | 63 | 1 in 345 |
| Mississippi | #70 | 62 | 1 in 357 |
| Arkansas | #75 | 56 | 1 in 353 |
| Kentucky | #78 | 77 | 1 in 370 |
| Alabama | #79 | 69 | 1 in 427 |
| Louisiana | #83 | 68 | 1 in 358 |
| Utah | #87 | 15 | 1 in 389 |
| Kansas | #95 | 31 | 1 in 438 |
| Georgia | #97 | 68 | 1 in 477 |
| Missouri | #97 | 59 | 1 in 526 |
| Pennsylvania | #99 | 97 | 1 in 835 |
| Hawaii | #100 | 8 | 1 in 491 |
| Ohio | #110 | 82 | 1 in 725 |
| Texas | #110 | 122 | 1 in 545 |
| Colorado | #112 | 18 | 1 in 542 |
| Oregon | #113 | 13 | 1 in 642 |
| Idaho | #117 | 9 | 1 in 532 |
| Maine | #117 | 11 | 1 in 618 |
| Illinois | #122 | 74 | 1 in 864 |
| Indiana | #122 | 39 | 1 in 772 |
| Maryland | #122 | 16 | 1 in 949 |
| Montana | #123 | 7 | 1 in 680 |
| Washington | #127 | 18 | 1 in 764 |
| South Dakota | #134 | 7 | 1 in 734 |
| New Mexico | #141 | 10 | 1 in 602 |
| Michigan | #143 | 41 | 1 in 1,216 |
| California | #146 | 62 | 1 in 945 |
| District of Columbia | #151 | 6 | 1 in 1,249 |
| North Dakota | #156 | 6 | 1 in 941 |
| Arizona | #157 | 7 | 1 in 739 |
| Connecticut | #160 | 7 | 1 in 1,853 |
| Minnesota | #162 | 19 | 1 in 1,299 |
| Wisconsin | #180 | 14 | 1 in 1,892 |
| Iowa | #181 | 15 | 1 in 1,439 |
| New York | #207 | 36 | 1 in 2,789 |
| Massachusetts | #213 | 8 | 1 in 4,165 |
| New Jersey | #288 | 5 | 1 in 6,066 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Clyde
- 14 spots since 2024 (#728 → #742)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#715 → #742)
- 60 spots since 2015 (#802 → #742)
- Biggest jump: 193 spots in 2014 (#999 → #806)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1999 (#921 → #1,086)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #50 (336 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 111 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1880–1938
- Top 1,000: 132 yrs · run 1880–1998
- Highest: 1 in 279 boys born in 1905 were named Clyde (0.36%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,880 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #50 in 1883, was only 1 in 311 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.0% of all boys named Clyde (28,957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,034 | #50 (1883) | #60 |
| 1890s | 3,625 | #55 (1893) | #58 |
| 1900s | 4,524 | #51 (1904) | #56 |
| 1910s | 19,864 | #57 (1910) | #63 |
| 1920s | 28,957 | #67 (1922) | #69 |
| 1930s | 22,452 | #76 (1930) | #87 |
| 1940s | 20,710 | #102 (1940) | #118 |
| 1950s | 17,906 | #132 (1951) | #162 |
| 1960s | 9,071 | #206 (1960) | #259 |
| 1970s | 4,381 | #315 (1970) | #378 |
| 1980s | 2,812 | #420 (1980) | #535 |
| 1990s | 1,686 | #641 (1990) | #853 |
| 2000s | 1,304 | #1,015 (2000) | #1,207 |
| 2010s | 2,493 | #704 (2017) | #919 |
| 2020s | 2,175 | #684 (2022) | #720 |
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.
Clyde in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 41,659 of them was named Clyde, which outranked 71.6% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,418Sharol30
- #1,418Sueann30
- #1,418Verlie30
- #1,446Clyde29
- #1,446Alexandria29
- #1,446Ceola29
- #1,446Clair29
- #1,472Annabell28
- #1,472Berna28
- #1,472Berneice28
Tied with 25 names at #1,446; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 656 of them was named Clyde, which outranked 97.2% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.