Clever — #11612 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Clever

The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Clever between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clever currently holds the #11612 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Clever is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 2024.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clever performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Clever shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clever in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 119 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.