NameTides

Clover

Clover was the #517 girls' name in the US in 2025 (578 babies), and #596 in England & Wales and #723 in Canada.

Clover as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Clover as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Clover as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#517 (578)#596 (65)#539 (5)#723 (41)
2024#617 (485)#670 (57)#638 (4)#1,032 (26)
2023#673 (437)#774 (46)#630 (4)#907 (29)
2022#757 (381)#796 (45)—#756 (36)
2021#860 (319)#918 (38)—#859 (33)
2020#1,067 (232)#1,044 (32)—#1,153 (21)
2019#1,133 (213)#1,017 (34)#765 (3)#1,231 (20)
2018#1,243 (187)#1,343 (24)—#1,215 (20)
2017#1,291 (182)#1,184 (29)—#1,179 (21)
2016#1,345 (176)#1,920 (15)—#1,230 (20)
2015#1,317 (180)#2,945 (8)—#2,011 (10)
2014#1,459 (154)#1,798 (16)—#1,279 (19)
2013#1,399 (164)#2,176 (12)—#1,913 (11)
2012#1,530 (144)#2,215 (12)—#1,787 (12)
2011#1,804 (112)#2,150 (12)—#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #517.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1897.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Clover is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clover by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #390WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #504MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #243ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #437IAIndiana: #396INOhio: #504OHPennsylvania: #558PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #716CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #389CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #322LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #546GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #581TXFlorida: #651FL
Clover (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Clover (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CloverCanadaGirls#72341
CloverEngland & WalesGirls#59665
CloverNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CloverScotlandGirls#5395
CloverUSGirls#517578
CloverUSBoys#5,86115