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

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Peak · boys
1883 · 336 births
Debut · boys
221 births
In top 100 · boys
59 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
144,994
since 1880

Clyde over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #50, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#742350
2024—#728362
2023—#721368
2022—#684395
2021—#731352
2020—#715348
2019—#779299
2018—#729328
2017—#704350
2016—#794298
2015—#802288
2014—#806285
2013—#999196
2012—#1,155158
2011—#1,159154
2010—#1,267137
2009—#1,257140
2008—#1,224143
2007—#1,246141
2006—#1,289129
2005—#1,257125
2004—#1,144137
2003—#1,248116
2002—#1,223112
2001—#1,171117
2000—#1,015144
1999—#1,086123
1998—#921154
1997—#966136
1996—#962133
1995—#827168
1994—#872152
1993—#776184
1992—#734199
1991—#745187
1990—#641250
1989—#653235
1988—#639223
1987—#622215
1986—#571241
1985—#524277
1984—#494291
1983—#496289
1982—#485309
1981—#443346
1980—#420386
1979—#435340
1978—#416353
1977#7,5677#411367
1976#9,2845#394386
1975—#391399
1974#7,6806#377416
1973—#344492
1972—#349487
1971#8,3245#352520
1970#7,0706#315621
1969#5,4568#307607
1968#6,2466#301626
1967—#286640
1966#6,5645#288666
1965#4,8318#269770
1964#6,0096#257891
1963#5,8916#2401,008
1962—#2251,137
1961#3,60813#2101,354
1960#3,51213#2061,372
1959#3,82711#1961,468
1958#3,23214#1831,552
1957#4,2029#1761,744
1956#3,49312#1751,716
1955#2,97115#1641,741
1954#3,15713#1611,777
1953#3,10613#1541,855
1952#2,20022#1432,014
1951#2,81014#1322,054
1950#2,53516#1361,985
1949#2,27419#1312,084
1948#2,25519#1312,073
1947#1,66133#1282,263
1946#2,02421#1222,065
1945#1,51429#1211,858
1944#1,69824#1112,081
1943#1,52730#1142,194
1942#1,59227#1092,206
1941#1,44629#1131,872
1940#1,63523#1022,014
1939#1,88118#1011,959
1938#1,11142#972,130
1937#1,19636#932,105
1936#1,09641#892,153
1935#1,26432#822,355
1934#1,13339#842,323
1933#1,28931#872,141
1932#99850#822,319
1931#99549#772,336
1930#88966#762,631
1929#88665#742,628
1928#83175#742,713
1927#77687#682,880
1926#87971#672,873
1925#78688#682,906
1924#80486#693,006
1923#81181#682,853
1922#725100#673,007
1921#78886#693,022
1920#73995#683,069
1919#666109#672,884
1918#688109#672,917
1917#612124#642,719
1916#630116#622,707
1915#605117#632,518
1914#57796#631,954
1913#54487#641,537
1912#64859#651,314
1911#50168#61697
1910#55055#57617
1909#48360#60516
1908#52748#59511
1907#47556#56507
1906#42864#55457
1905#44757#52474
1904#43755#51457
1903#44252#52413
1902#44050#60382
1901#37662#55356
1900#41765#56451
1899#39653#58330
1898#44846#58383
1897#38656#58359
1896#40350#58372
1895#40349#59370
1894#44639#56386
1893#39446#55391
1892#39645#56390
1891#43034#57327
1890#36647#64317
1889#39338#62318
1888#42534#60344
1887#39031#55320
1886#47621#62307
1885#41325#57318
1884#42522#56345
1883#53613#50336
1882#41819#62293
1881#40517#68232
1880#46613#72221
First appearance
1880

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 1895

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Clyde
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #50 (336 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 111 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1880–1938
  • Top 1,000: 132 yrs · run 1880–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 279
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 20.0% of all boys named Clyde (28,957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,034#50 (1883)#60
1890s3,625#55 (1893)#58
1900s4,524#51 (1904)#56
1910s19,864#57 (1910)#63
1920s28,957#67 (1922)#69
1930s22,452#76 (1930)#87
1940s20,710#102 (1940)#118
1950s17,906#132 (1951)#162
1960s9,071#206 (1960)#259
1970s4,381#315 (1970)#378
1980s2,812#420 (1980)#535
1990s1,686#641 (1990)#853
2000s1,304#1,015 (2000)#1,207
2010s2,493#704 (2017)#919
2020s2,175#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 1895

girls
#403
49 births · 1 in 4,768 girls
boys
#59
370 births · 1 in 317 boys

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #403Clyde49

Top boys' names in 1895

  1. #1John8,320
  2. #2William7,277
  3. #3James5,335
  4. #4George4,289
  5. #5Charles3,633
  6. #6Frank3,012
  7. #7Joseph2,992
  8. #8Robert2,635
  9. #9Henry2,221
  10. #10Edward2,203
  11. #59Clyde370
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 4,768 of them was named Clyde, which outranked 77.7% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clyde
  1. #397Iona50
  2. #397Louella50
  3. #397Susanna50
  4. #403Clyde49
  5. #404Carol48
  6. #404Iola48
  7. #404Lorraine48
Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 715Glenn#1,353 → #638
  2. ↑ 670Drusilla#1,485 → #815
  3. ↑ 670Gertha#1,485 → #815
  4. ↑ 670Lorine#1,485 → #815
  5. ↑ 627Leva#1,485 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Gina#744 → #1,592
  2. ↓ 848Laurel#744 → #1,592
  3. ↓ 848Pennie#744 → #1,592
  4. ↓ 810Buena#782 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 780Albertina#812 → #1,592

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 317 of them was named Clyde, which outranked 95.2% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Clyde
  1. #56Ray380
  2. #57Chester377
  3. #57Lewis377
  4. #59Clyde370
  5. #60Edwin346
  6. #61Leonard342
  7. #62Tom335
Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 573Alma#1,074 → #501
  2. ↑ 463Delmar#954 → #491
  3. ↑ 453Connie#954 → #501
  4. ↑ 434Bradford#1,074 → #640
  5. ↑ 434Brady#1,074 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 536Beverly#543 → #1,079
  2. ↓ 512Boss#567 → #1,079
  3. ↓ 498Verner#480 → #978
  4. ↓ 457Abel#521 → #978
  5. ↓ 457Justin#521 → #978

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1895 →