Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Clive

#2,282 most common boys' name of all time · #5,495 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among boys
#2,282
Rank overall
#5,495 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
3,336
Since 2016
662
Peak year
2016 #1,789
Best rank
#792 1906
Girls Boys peak 85/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Clive first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 57 57 #2,394
2024 — 74 74 #2,043
2023 — 54 54 #2,483
2022 — 55 55 #2,499
2021 — 69 69 #2,096
2020 — 55 55 #2,396
2019 — 64 64 #2,189
2018 — 82 82 #1,842
2017 — 67 67 #2,069
2016 — 85 85 #1,789
2015 — 82 82 #1,817
2014 — 77 77 #1,888
2013 — 56 56 #2,281
2012 — 67 67 #2,051
2011 — 53 53 #2,380
2010 — 57 57 #2,267
2009 — 56 56 #2,326
2008 — 49 49 #2,549
2007 — 45 45 #2,692
2006 — 38 38 #2,938
2005 — 21 21 #4,207
2004 — 20 20 #4,270
2003 — 18 18 #4,443
2002 — 14 14 #5,145
2001 — 9 9 #6,968
2000 — 19 19 #4,073
1999 — 17 17 #4,180
1998 — 12 12 #5,180
1997 — 22 22 #3,271
1996 — 12 12 #4,898
1995 — 19 19 #3,445
1994 — 16 16 #3,921
1993 — 15 15 #4,038
1992 — 23 23 #2,924
1991 — 37 37 #2,027
1990 — 27 27 #2,498
1989 — 11 11 #4,551
1988 — 24 24 #2,448
1987 — 18 18 #2,860
1986 — 18 18 #2,796
1985 — 13 13 #3,423
1984 — 18 18 #2,623
1983 — 18 18 #2,597
1982 — 9 9 #4,272
1981 — 15 15 #2,919
1980 — 11 11 #3,647
1979 — 13 13 #3,199
1978 — 13 13 #3,085
1977 — 14 14 #2,927
1976 — 6 6 #4,992
1975 — 12 12 #3,101
1974 — 10 10 #3,355
1973 — 9 9 #3,470
1971 — 13 13 #2,712
1970 — 10 10 #3,108
1969 — 6 6 #3,994
1968 — 13 13 #2,342
1967 — 14 14 #2,166
1966 — 10 10 #2,662
1965 — 8 8 #3,038
1964 — 17 17 #1,996
1963 — 28 28 #1,494
1962 — 10 10 #2,719
1961 — 17 17 #2,013
1960 — 19 19 #1,873
1959 — 17 17 #1,994
1958 — 19 19 #1,857
1957 — 18 18 #1,907
1956 — 19 19 #1,840
1955 — 26 26 #1,516
1954 — 23 23 #1,610
1953 — 22 22 #1,649
1952 — 27 27 #1,470
1951 — 30 30 #1,357
1950 — 19 19 #1,718
1949 — 22 22 #1,590
1948 — 24 24 #1,501
1947 — 38 38 #1,181
1946 — 29 29 #1,311
1945 — 23 23 #1,392
1944 — 24 24 #1,383
1943 — 25 25 #1,412
1942 — 41 41 #1,068
1941 — 20 20 #1,556
1940 — 19 19 #1,593
1939 — 25 25 #1,339
1938 — 27 27 #1,295
1937 — 34 34 #1,136
1936 — 28 28 #1,254
1935 — 41 41 #1,000
1934 — 36 36 #1,107
1933 — 40 40 #1,021
1932 — 39 39 #1,085
1931 — 51 51 #907
1930 — 50 50 #965
1929 — 27 27 #1,395
1928 — 27 27 #1,428
1927 — 23 23 #1,618
1926 — 26 26 #1,445
1925 — 27 27 #1,438
1924 — 31 31 #1,337
1923 — 30 30 #1,336
1922 — 27 27 #1,455
1921 — 26 26 #1,491
1920 — 26 26 #1,478
1919 — 28 28 #1,366
1918 — 31 31 #1,270
1917 — 28 28 #1,307
1916 — 18 18 #1,728
1915 — 34 34 #1,113
1914 — 19 19 #1,413
1913 — 14 14 #1,468
1912 — 10 10 #1,675
1910 — 8 8 #1,271
1909 — 6 6 #1,374
1908 — 8 8 #1,082
1906 — 11 11 #792
1904 — 5 5 #1,318
1900 — 5 5 #1,418
1899 — 8 8 #849
1897 — 8 8 #843
1896 — 6 6 #1,066
1895 — 7 7 #955
1894 — 5 5 #1,188
1892 — 6 6 #1,043
1885 — 5 5 #1,058