Girls' name · since 1998

Clodagh

Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 209 babies named Clodagh, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#19,359 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,475 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
209
born since 1998
2010s
peak decade

209 babies have been named Clodagh since 1998, making it today's #10475 girls' name.

Clodagh has 209 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10475 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.

  • #19,359 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,475 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 209 born since 1998
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clodagh ranks #19,359 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,475 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 209 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,359 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,475 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
209
born since 1998
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%39.4%
Clodagh vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Clodagh's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Clodagh compares

209 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Clodagh's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Clodagh Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 209 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Clodagh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Clodagh's full recorded timeline at 2013, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Clodagh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
15
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
05101520 1998200420092013201720212025 9

Clodagh by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (76 births, 36% of the file).

2010s was Clodagh's strongest decade.

76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.

Clodagh births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 76 births (36% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Clodagh by state

Where Clodagh concentrates geographically, total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Clodagh
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
6 2.9%
New York share of Clodagh's total US births 2.9%

6 of 209 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Clodagh?
Clodagh has been given to 209 babies in the U.S. since 1998, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #19,359 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #10,475 of 17,297. 15 babies were born in 2009, its single highest year.
Where does Clodagh sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clodagh ranks #19,359 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,475 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Clodagh most popular?
Clodagh was most popular in the 2010s decade with 76 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Clodagh most popular?
The top states for the name Clodagh are New York (6 births).
How long has the name Clodagh been used?
Records for Clodagh go back to 1998, giving 28 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Clodagh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Clover, Cloe, Cloey, Clora, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Clodagh's data

  • Clodagh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (76 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Clodaghs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Clodagh

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Clodagh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1998–2025 (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 Clodagh 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.