Clova — girls' name

What the Data Says About Clova

The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Clova between 1905 and 1938, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clova currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clova performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Clova shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clova in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clova 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 122 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.