Meaning not yet researched.
Clovis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 21 in 2025. Its best rank was #634 in 1914.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #634 in 1914; #4,735 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Clovis in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,735 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1914, at #634.
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Clovis: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 21 boys in 2025. Peak: #634 in 1914 · most boys in one year: 84 (1917).
In 2025, 21 US boys were named Clovis, making it the 4,735th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,177 places from #6,912 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 12 boys named Clovis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #634, reached in 1914. The most boys given the name in a single year was 84, in 1917. For comparison, it was #10,937 in 2015 and #1,402 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Clovis in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,469, reached in 1923. That year also had the most girls given the name: 31. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #3,718 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clovis in 128 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 3,719 US babies have been given the name, 17% of them girls and 83% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 853 babies named Clovis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 127 US boys were named Clovis; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 21. In 2025 that was about 1 in 81,337 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Louis (409,317 babies since 1880), Luis (294,500 babies since 1880), Lewis (156,636 babies since 1880) and Luigi (4,305 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Clovis in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 21 | #4,735 |
| 2024 | — | — | 12 | #6,912 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #12,575 |
| 2022 | — | — | 16 | #5,673 |
| 2021 | — | — | 19 | #4,963 |
| 2020 | — | — | 8 | #8,894 |
| 2019 | — | — | 13 | #6,486 |
| 2018 | — | — | 14 | #6,090 |
| 2017 | — | — | 11 | #7,186 |
| 2016 | — | — | 8 | #9,015 |
| 2015 | — | — | 6 | #10,937 |
| 2013 | — | — | 9 | #8,240 |
| 2012 | — | — | 10 | #7,654 |
| 2011 | — | — | 12 | #6,663 |
| 2010 | — | — | 6 | #11,001 |
| 2009 | — | — | 5 | #12,836 |
| 2008 | — | — | 6 | #11,320 |
| 2007 | — | — | 6 | #11,175 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #8,871 |
| 2005 | — | — | 8 | #8,432 |
| 2004 | — | — | 9 | #7,647 |
| 2002 | — | — | 10 | #6,619 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #9,293 |
| 1997 | — | — | 8 | #6,719 |
| 1996 | — | — | 6 | #8,126 |
| 1994 | — | — | 10 | #5,524 |
| 1993 | — | — | 5 | #8,952 |
| 1992 | — | — | 8 | #6,226 |
| 1991 | — | — | 8 | #6,044 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,340 |
| 1989 | — | — | 6 | #7,122 |
| 1988 | — | — | 6 | #6,564 |
| 1987 | — | — | 10 | #4,303 |
| 1986 | — | — | 12 | #3,684 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,387 |
| 1984 | — | — | 13 | #3,299 |
| 1983 | — | — | 12 | #3,442 |
| 1982 | — | — | 10 | #4,007 |
| 1981 | — | — | 7 | #5,040 |
| 1980 | — | — | 13 | #3,289 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,394 |
| 1978 | — | — | 15 | #2,815 |
| 1977 | — | — | 9 | #3,899 |
| 1976 | — | — | 11 | #3,307 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,483 |
| 1974 | — | — | 16 | #2,479 |
| 1973 | — | — | 12 | #2,886 |
| 1972 | — | — | 15 | #2,446 |
| 1971 | — | — | 13 | #2,705 |
| 1970 | — | — | 14 | #2,527 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,149 |
| 1968 | — | — | 10 | #2,763 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,496 |
| 1966 | — | — | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1965 | — | — | 11 | #2,499 |
| 1964 | — | — | 21 | #1,742 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,952 | 20 | #1,801 |
| 1962 | — | — | 24 | #1,630 |
| 1961 | — | — | 22 | #1,739 |
| 1960 | — | — | 14 | #2,227 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,669 | 23 | #1,674 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,257 | 21 | #1,735 |
| 1957 | — | — | 38 | #1,269 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,733 | 23 | #1,648 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,441 | 23 | #1,617 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,761 | 28 | #1,441 |
| 1953 | — | — | 24 | #1,555 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,189 | 25 | #1,522 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,942 | 38 | #1,173 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,718 | 27 | #1,402 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,773 | 26 | #1,441 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,272 | 39 | #1,147 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,846 | 36 | #1,217 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,086 | 43 | #1,045 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,435 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,798 | 30 | #1,217 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,873 | 26 | #1,373 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,225 | 43 | #1,027 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,704 | 42 | #989 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,321 | 42 | #996 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,193 | 32 | #1,146 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,359 | 34 | #1,112 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,014 | 53 | #835 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,155 | 37 | #1,054 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,121 | 63 | #780 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,014 | 62 | #788 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,730 | 58 | #812 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,260 | 40 | #1,060 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,699 | 47 | #963 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,215 | 66 | #797 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,609 | 65 | #801 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,219 | 58 | #875 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,037 | 55 | #931 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,015 | 63 | #833 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,653 | 62 | #844 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,729 | 72 | #793 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,469 | 70 | #795 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,652 | 68 | #819 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,399 | 62 | #885 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,089 | 78 | #739 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,088 | 65 | #811 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,766 | 68 | #790 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,926 | 84 | #651 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,959 | 63 | #774 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,531 | 65 | #742 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,951 | 64 | #634 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,796 | 40 | #735 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,870 | 36 | #717 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #936 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,656 | 13 | #879 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #789 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,381 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #943 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #851 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #695 |
| 1903 | — | — | 12 | #663 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,083 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,193 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #821 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #862 |
| 1896 | — | — | 7 | #913 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,111 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #714 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #981 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #761 |
| 1888 | — | — | 7 | #832 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #761 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).