Clothilde — girls' name
241 babies named Clothilde in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Clothilde was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Clothilde in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Clothilde
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Clothilde between 1888 and 1946, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clothilde currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1946. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Clothilde performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Clothilde shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 67 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clothilde in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Clothilde 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 241 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.
Clothilde at a glance
Last recorded 1946Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Clothilde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1888
- Peak year (1925)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1946.
241 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 16 births in a single year.
Clothilde by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 85 births that decade — 35% of Clothilde's all-time total
Clothilde decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Clothilde's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Clothilde by state
Where Clothilde concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 67 | 27.8% |
67 of 241 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 27.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 27.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1888–1946 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.