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.
Where Clover is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#392 · 1 in 1,611
- Washington#488 · 1 in 2,219
- Kentucky#715 · 1 in 3,576
- Indiana#768 · 1 in 3,763
- Minnesota#860 · 1 in 4,784
Best ever in a state: #200 in Nebraska, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #392 | 9 | 1 in 1,611 |
| Washington | #488 | 14 | 1 in 2,219 |
| Kentucky | #715 | 5 | 1 in 3,576 |
| Indiana | #768 | 8 | 1 in 3,763 |
| Minnesota | #860 | 5 | 1 in 4,784 |
| Maryland | #894 | 5 | 1 in 4,655 |
| California | #1,164 | 25 | 1 in 7,830 |
| Michigan | #1,303 | 5 | 1 in 8,253 |
| Texas | #1,446 | 16 | 1 in 9,992 |
| Florida | #1,639 | 7 | 1 in 12,280 |
| New York | #1,908 | 6 | 1 in 14,666 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 9,486 of them was named Clover, which outranked 93.0% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,287Karleigh183
- #1,287Kylah183
- #1,287Sapphire183
- #1,291Clover182
- #1,291Aliyana182
- #1,291Maryjane182
- #1,291Meera182
- #1,299Brinlee181
- #1,299Everley181
- #1,299Novah181
Tied with 7 names at #1,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.