NameTides

Clovis

Clovis was the #4,707 boys' name in the US in 2025 (21 babies), and #1,374 in Canada.

Clovis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Clovis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Clovis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#4,707 (21)—#1,374 (17)
2024#6,832 (12)—#1,432 (15)
2023#12,239 (5)—#1,150 (19)
2022#5,633 (16)—#944 (25)
2021#4,936 (19)—#1,478 (13)
2020#8,739 (8)—#778 (31)
2019#6,406 (13)—#798 (30)
2018#6,036 (14)—#712 (35)
2017#7,095 (11)#3,996 (4)#681 (37)
2016#8,816 (8)—#681 (38)
2015#10,644 (6)—#679 (38)
2014——#724 (34)
2013#8,118 (9)—#760 (31)
2012#7,559 (10)—#904 (24)
2011#6,578 (12)—#663 (37)

Clovis as a girl’s name

  • US
Clovis as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Clovis as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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
YearUS
1963#4,896 (8)
1959#5,566 (6)
1958#6,103 (5)
1956#3,696 (11)
1955#4,376 (8)
1954#3,718 (10)
1952#4,123 (8)
1951#4,833 (6)
1950#3,662 (9)
1949#4,673 (6)
1948#4,205 (7)
1947#4,764 (6)
1946#4,960 (5)
1945#3,388 (8)
1944#2,762 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1903 at #656.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 1963, 29% of US babies named Clovis were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 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 83,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Clovis is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 38,000 to 1 in 480,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clovis 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: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth 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: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Clovis (boys) 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
Quebec2025#31215

Clovis (boys): 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
ClovisCanadaBoys#1,37417
ClovisEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ClovisUSGirls—too few
ClovisUSBoys#4,70721