NameTides

Clive

Clive was the #2,390 boys' name in the US in 2025 (57 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Clive as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Clive as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUS
Clive as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,390 (57)——#829 (3)#2,527 (7)
2024#2,042 (74)#2,444 (9)——#2,062 (9)
2023#2,480 (54)#4,108 (4)——#1,592 (12)
2022#2,493 (55)#4,002 (4)——#2,229 (7)
2021#2,096 (69)#3,990 (4)——#2,260 (7)
2020#2,392 (55)#1,935 (11)——#1,223 (17)
2019#2,188 (64)#4,702 (3)——#1,835 (9)
2018#1,838 (82)#4,749 (3)——#1,471 (12)
2017#2,065 (67)#3,996 (4)—#610 (4)#1,349 (14)
2016#1,788 (85)#4,810 (3)—#713 (3)#1,683 (10)
2015#1,815 (82)#2,707 (7)——#1,577 (11)
2014#1,884 (77)#2,964 (6)——#1,311 (14)
2013#2,278 (56)#3,315 (5)#687 (3)—#1,551 (11)
2012#2,049 (67)#3,987 (4)—#718 (3)#1,655 (10)
2011#2,376 (53)#3,830 (4)——#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1906 at #752.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 30,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Clive is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 28,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 21,000 to 1 in 39,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clive by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Clive (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CliveCanadaBoys#2,5277
CliveEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CliveIrelandBoys#8293
CliveNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CliveScotlandBoys—too few
CliveUSBoys#2,39057