Clive

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Clive is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. Its best rank was 764th, in 1906.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 730.00% of boys
Peak year: 201685 births
Best rank: #764in 1906
Since 1885: 3,279people given the name

Babies named Clive, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

3,279 boys have been named Clive in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 85 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 2010s alone account for 21%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Clive
1880s	5
1890s	40
1900s	35
1910s	190
1920s	270
1930s	371
1940s	265
1950s	220
1960s	143
1970s	100
1980s	155
1990s	200
2000s	289
2010s	690
2020s	306

In 2016, its biggest year

Clive was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Clive

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.