Clove — #14893 US girls' name
50 babies named Clove in U.S. Social Security records since 2019, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 16% of names given to girls today.
88% of everyone ever named Clove was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Clove in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Clove
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Clove between 2019 and 2024, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clove currently holds the #14893 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Clove performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Clove shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Clove 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 50 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.
Clove at a glance
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Current rank
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Clove popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2019
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
Currently ranks #14893 among girls.
50 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 12 births in a single year.
Clove by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 44 births that decade — 88% of Clove's all-time total
Clove decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Clove's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 88% of all-time use.
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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, 2019–2024 (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.