Meaning not yet researched.
Clyde: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 350 in 2025. Its best rank was #50 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #50 in 1883; #743 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Clyde in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#743 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #50.
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Clyde: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 350 boys in 2025. Peak: #50 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 3,069 (1920).
In 2025, 350 US boys were named Clyde, making it the 743rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 15 places from #728 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 362 boys named Clyde in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #50, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,069, in 1920. For comparison, it was #803 in 2015 and #136 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Clyde in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 234 babies with the name. In all, 148,926 US babies have been given the name, 2.6% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 29,791 babies named Clyde.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,450 US boys were named Clyde; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 395. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,880 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Clyde ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #171 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Clide and Klyde are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Clide (755), Klyde (297).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Clyde in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 23 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 5 | #171 | — |
| Montana | 7 | #181 | — |
| South Dakota | 5 | #265 | — |
| Iowa | 8 | #406 | — |
| Utah | 9 | #484 | #622 |
| Colorado | 11 | #508 | #707 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #542 | — |
| Missouri | 10 | #564 | — |
| Indiana | 11 | #591 | #545 |
| Ohio | 16 | #601 | #1,002 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #620 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #632 | #503 |
| Alabama | 7 | #632 | #726 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #645 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #660 | #651 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #672 | #952 |
| Arizona | 9 | #682 | #738 |
| Washington | 9 | #697 | #607 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #713 | — |
| Texas | 37 | #733 | #882 |
| Florida | 20 | #758 | #879 |
| Illinois | 11 | #765 | #1,210 |
| California | 32 | #789 | #681 |
| Virginia | 8 | #815 | — |
| Georgia | 9 | #930 | #849 |
| New York | 11 | #1,067 | #673 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,143 | #898 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,170 | #672 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 350 | #743 |
| 2024 | — | — | 362 | #728 |
| 2023 | — | — | 368 | #721 |
| 2022 | — | — | 395 | #684 |
| 2021 | — | — | 352 | #731 |
| 2020 | — | — | 348 | #715 |
| 2019 | — | — | 299 | #779 |
| 2018 | — | — | 328 | #729 |
| 2017 | — | — | 350 | #704 |
| 2016 | — | — | 298 | #795 |
| 2015 | — | — | 288 | #803 |
| 2014 | — | — | 285 | #806 |
| 2013 | — | — | 196 | #1,001 |
| 2012 | — | — | 158 | #1,155 |
| 2011 | — | — | 154 | #1,160 |
| 2010 | — | — | 137 | #1,268 |
| 2009 | — | — | 140 | #1,257 |
| 2008 | — | — | 143 | #1,224 |
| 2007 | — | — | 141 | #1,249 |
| 2006 | — | — | 129 | #1,291 |
| 2005 | — | — | 125 | #1,258 |
| 2004 | — | — | 137 | #1,147 |
| 2003 | — | — | 116 | #1,249 |
| 2002 | — | — | 112 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | — | — | 117 | #1,172 |
| 2000 | — | — | 144 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | — | — | 123 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | — | — | 154 | #922 |
| 1997 | — | — | 136 | #967 |
| 1996 | — | — | 133 | #963 |
| 1995 | — | — | 168 | #827 |
| 1994 | — | — | 152 | #874 |
| 1993 | — | — | 184 | #776 |
| 1992 | — | — | 199 | #734 |
| 1991 | — | — | 187 | #745 |
| 1990 | — | — | 250 | #641 |
| 1989 | — | — | 235 | #653 |
| 1988 | — | — | 223 | #639 |
| 1987 | — | — | 215 | #622 |
| 1986 | — | — | 241 | #572 |
| 1985 | — | — | 277 | #524 |
| 1984 | — | — | 291 | #494 |
| 1983 | — | — | 289 | #496 |
| 1982 | — | — | 309 | #485 |
| 1981 | — | — | 346 | #443 |
| 1980 | — | — | 386 | #420 |
| 1979 | — | — | 340 | #435 |
| 1978 | — | — | 353 | #416 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,703 | 367 | #411 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,575 | 386 | #394 |
| 1975 | — | — | 399 | #391 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,872 | 416 | #377 |
| 1973 | — | — | 492 | #344 |
| 1972 | — | — | 487 | #349 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,562 | 520 | #353 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,219 | 621 | #315 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,537 | 607 | #307 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,379 | 626 | #301 |
| 1967 | — | — | 640 | #286 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,750 | 666 | #288 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,904 | 770 | #269 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,129 | 891 | #257 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,004 | 1,008 | #240 |
| 1962 | — | — | 1,137 | #225 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,630 | 1,354 | #210 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,537 | 1,372 | #206 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,862 | 1,468 | #196 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,252 | 1,552 | #183 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,266 | 1,744 | #176 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,527 | 1,716 | #175 |
| 1955 | 15 | #3,001 | 1,741 | #164 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,190 | 1,777 | #161 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,137 | 1,855 | #154 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,213 | 2,014 | #143 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,830 | 2,054 | #132 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,567 | 1,985 | #136 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,282 | 2,084 | #131 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,268 | 2,073 | #131 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,665 | 2,263 | #128 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,041 | 2,065 | #122 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,520 | 1,858 | #121 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,707 | 2,081 | #111 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,536 | 2,194 | #114 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,597 | 2,206 | #109 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,449 | 1,872 | #113 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,643 | 2,014 | #102 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,894 | 1,959 | #101 |
| 1938 | 42 | #1,113 | 2,130 | #97 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,201 | 2,105 | #93 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,099 | 2,153 | #89 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,273 | 2,355 | #82 |
| 1934 | 39 | #1,134 | 2,323 | #84 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,291 | 2,141 | #87 |
| 1932 | 50 | #998 | 2,319 | #82 |
| 1931 | 49 | #1,000 | 2,336 | #77 |
| 1930 | 66 | #890 | 2,631 | #76 |
| 1929 | 65 | #886 | 2,628 | #74 |
| 1928 | 75 | #831 | 2,713 | #74 |
| 1927 | 87 | #777 | 2,880 | #68 |
| 1926 | 71 | #881 | 2,873 | #67 |
| 1925 | 88 | #788 | 2,906 | #68 |
| 1924 | 86 | #804 | 3,006 | #69 |
| 1923 | 81 | #813 | 2,853 | #68 |
| 1922 | 100 | #726 | 3,007 | #67 |
| 1921 | 86 | #788 | 3,022 | #69 |
| 1920 | 95 | #741 | 3,069 | #68 |
| 1919 | 109 | #667 | 2,884 | #67 |
| 1918 | 109 | #688 | 2,917 | #67 |
| 1917 | 124 | #613 | 2,719 | #64 |
| 1916 | 116 | #630 | 2,707 | #62 |
| 1915 | 117 | #605 | 2,518 | #63 |
| 1914 | 96 | #577 | 1,954 | #63 |
| 1913 | 87 | #545 | 1,537 | #64 |
| 1912 | 59 | #650 | 1,314 | #65 |
| 1911 | 68 | #501 | 697 | #61 |
| 1910 | 55 | #552 | 617 | #57 |
| 1909 | 60 | #483 | 516 | #60 |
| 1908 | 48 | #527 | 511 | #59 |
| 1907 | 56 | #476 | 507 | #56 |
| 1906 | 64 | #428 | 457 | #55 |
| 1905 | 57 | #448 | 474 | #52 |
| 1904 | 55 | #437 | 457 | #51 |
| 1903 | 52 | #442 | 413 | #52 |
| 1902 | 50 | #441 | 382 | #60 |
| 1901 | 62 | #376 | 356 | #55 |
| 1900 | 65 | #419 | 451 | #56 |
| 1899 | 53 | #399 | 330 | #58 |
| 1898 | 46 | #449 | 383 | #58 |
| 1897 | 56 | #386 | 359 | #58 |
| 1896 | 50 | #404 | 372 | #58 |
| 1895 | 49 | #403 | 370 | #59 |
| 1894 | 39 | #446 | 386 | #56 |
| 1893 | 46 | #396 | 391 | #55 |
| 1892 | 45 | #396 | 390 | #56 |
| 1891 | 34 | #433 | 327 | #58 |
| 1890 | 47 | #366 | 317 | #64 |
| 1889 | 38 | #393 | 318 | #62 |
| 1888 | 34 | #425 | 344 | #60 |
| 1887 | 31 | #391 | 320 | #55 |
| 1886 | 21 | #480 | 307 | #62 |
| 1885 | 25 | #415 | 318 | #57 |
| 1884 | 22 | #428 | 345 | #56 |
| 1883 | 13 | #545 | 336 | #50 |
| 1882 | 19 | #419 | 293 | #62 |
| 1881 | 17 | #406 | 232 | #68 |
| 1880 | 13 | #473 | 221 | #72 |
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).