Clive
Clive was given to 57 boys in 2025, #2,398 among boys’ names; 3,336 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,170 Americans named Clive and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 9 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Clive by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Clive mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Clive is “a male given name transferred from the surname, popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century.”
/ˈklaɪv/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Clive?
#2,398 among boys’ names, 2025
Clive fell from #1,817 in 2015 to #2,398 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 42.8 to 33.4 per million.
85 babies in 2016, the peak
Clive peaked in 2016, when 85 boys were given it, #1,791 among boys’ names. The 57 births of 2025 are 67% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,398 | 33.4 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,045 | 43.0 |
| 2023 | 54 | #2,483 | 31.6 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,496 | 31.5 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,096 | 39.4 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,397 | 31.9 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,189 | 35.7 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,839 | 45.2 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,069 | 36.2 |
| 2016 | 85 | #1,791 | 44.8 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 82 | #1,817 | 42.8 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,889 | 40.1 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,285 | 29.6 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,050 | 35.3 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,381 | 27.9 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,264 | 29.7 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,323 | 28.2 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,551 | 24.0 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,692 | 21.7 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,942 | 18.5 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,214 | 10.5 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,285 | 10.1 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,448 | 9.1 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,174 | 7.2 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,017 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,078 | 9.7 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,180 | 8.9 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,194 | 6.3 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,266 | 11.7 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,916 | 6.3 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,445 | 10.0 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,933 | 8.3 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,048 | 7.6 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,920 | 11.5 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,021 | 18.3 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,497 | 13.1 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,565 | 5.5 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,442 | 12.5 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,854 | 9.6 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,796 | 9.8 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,438 | 7.0 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,628 | 10.0 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,594 | 10.0 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,290 | 5.0 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,920 | 8.4 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,658 | 6.2 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,202 | 7.6 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,095 | 7.9 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,932 | 8.5 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,035 | 3.8 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,104 | 7.7 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,362 | 6.4 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,491 | 5.8 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,702 | 7.4 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,103 | 5.4 |
| 1969 | 6 | #4,024 | 3.4 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,340 | 7.5 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,159 | 8.0 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,656 | 5.6 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,021 | 4.3 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,981 | 8.5 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,488 | 13.8 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,703 | 4.8 |
| 1961 | 17 | #2,005 | 8.0 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,867 | 8.9 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,985 | 8.0 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,853 | 9.0 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,897 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,840 | 9.0 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,510 | 12.6 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,598 | 11.3 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,640 | 11.2 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,463 | 13.9 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,350 | 15.9 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,706 | 10.6 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,587 | 12.4 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,492 | 13.7 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,176 | 20.8 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,301 | 17.9 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,383 | 17.1 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,372 | 17.6 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,405 | 17.5 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,060 | 29.7 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,541 | 16.3 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,583 | 16.4 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,327 | 22.6 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,279 | 24.3 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,126 | 31.9 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,250 | 27.0 |
| 1935 | 41 | #996 | 39.4 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,099 | 34.9 |
| 1933 | 40 | #1,018 | 40.3 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 | 37.4 |
| 1931 | 51 | #901 | 49.1 |
| 1930 | 50 | #960 | 45.6 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,388 | 25.1 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,421 | 24.4 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,611 | 20.4 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,437 | 23.4 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,428 | 24.2 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,336 | 27.4 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,332 | 27.4 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,436 | 24.8 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,486 | 23.6 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,464 | 24.4 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,358 | 28.6 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,263 | 30.6 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,298 | 30.3 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,709 | 20.2 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,106 | 40.1 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,398 | 29.0 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,457 | 27.3 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,641 | 23.3 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,221 | 41.2 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,305 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,033 | 51.8 |
| 1906 | 11 | #764 | 82.6 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,240 | 39.0 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,353 | 33.2 |
| 1899 | 8 | #796 | 75.3 |
| 1897 | 8 | #800 | 70.9 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,002 | 50.2 |
| 1895 | 7 | #893 | 59.6 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,112 | 43.2 |
| 1892 | 6 | #979 | 49.2 |
| 1885 | 5 | #965 | 46.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Clive a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Clive has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Clive: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Clive, and how old are they?
2,170 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 3,336 Americans ever recorded as Clive. The median Clive alive today is 17 years old; half are between 9 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 4,541 people named Clive (13 women and girls, 4,528 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,971 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 98 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 272 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 143 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 279 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 510 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 871 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Clive born?
The states with the most babies named Clive are California, Missouri and Tennessee, with 100% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Missouri and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8 | #1,859 | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 5 | #891 | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,061 | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Clive with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Clive
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Clive and names like it
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- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Clive since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Clive: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Clive.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Clive alive today were born 2013-2025.
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