Unisex name · since 2003
Clever
124 babies named Clever in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,998 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,887 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
124 babies have been named Clever since 2003, making it today's #12887 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Clever recorded 124 times among boys since 2003, holding rank #12887 nationally today, ahead of 7% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #15,998 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,887 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clever ranks #15,998 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,887 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 124 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,998 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,887 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Clever's 124 recorded births place it above 64.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Clever compares
124 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Clever's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Clever | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Clever's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Clever splits its recorded history at 2016: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Clever popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Clever popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 2024 (Clever as girls' name)
Clever by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Clever's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Clever births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Clever's data
- Clever's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Clever: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Clever draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.