NameTides

Clyde

Clyde was the #742 boys' name in the US in 2025 (350 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #1,207 in Canada.

Clyde as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Clyde 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Clyde 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#742 (350)#5,137 (3)——#1,207 (20)
2024#728 (362)#3,689 (5)#727 (3)—#842 (30)
2023#721 (368)#3,524 (5)——#774 (32)
2022#684 (395)#4,002 (4)——#763 (33)
2021#731 (352)#3,017 (6)#720 (3)—#695 (39)
2020#715 (348)#2,404 (8)#711 (3)—#564 (46)
2019#779 (299)#2,728 (7)#701 (3)—#1,530 (12)
2018#729 (328)#3,959 (4)#704 (3)—#885 (26)
2017#704 (350)#3,996 (4)——#937 (24)
2016#794 (298)#2,556 (8)#707 (3)—#1,026 (21)
2015#802 (288)#3,004 (6)#529 (5)—#1,071 (19)
2014#806 (285)#3,895 (4)——#1,152 (17)
2013#999 (196)#2,403 (8)#590 (4)—#1,551 (11)
2012#1,155 (158)#3,416 (5)#669 (3)—#1,781 (9)
2011#1,159 (154)#2,194 (9)——#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1905 at #52.
  • Holding steady 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.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 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 4,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Clyde is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,300 to 1 in 5,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Clyde by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #579INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #787CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #559MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #730TXFlorida: #754FL
Clyde (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
Ontario2024#67617

Clyde (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
ClydeCanadaBoys#1,20720
ClydeEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
ClydeIrelandBoys—too few
ClydeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ClydeScotlandBoys—too few
ClydeUSGirls—too few
ClydeUSBoys#742350