Girls' name · since 1897
Clover
5,640 babies named Clover in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,372 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #517 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,640
- born since 1897
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Clover is the #517 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,640 recorded since 1897.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clover has been recorded 5,640 times among girls since 1897, currently ranked #517 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 2025.
- #2,372 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #517 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,640 born since 1897
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clover ranks #2,372 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #517 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,640 born since 1897, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,372 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #517 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,640
- born since 1897
- 2020s
- peak decade
Clover's 5,640 recorded births place it above 96.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Clover compares
5,640 Top 13% higher than 87% of 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
Clover's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Clover | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,640 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 578 | 21 | 19,840 |
Clover's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Clover's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 89% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 11%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1897, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 578, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Clover popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 578
- Annual births at peak, across 129 years of records
Clover popularity over time - boys
98 total births recorded since 1922 (Clover as boys' name)
Clover by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,432 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Clover's strongest decade.
2,432 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Clover births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 45
1900s
45 births
- 1910s 143
1910s
143 births
- 1920s 137
1920s
137 births
- 1930s 74
1930s
74 births
- 1940s 80
1940s
80 births
- 1950s 106
1950s
106 births
- 1960s 67
1960s
67 births
- 1970s 197
1970s
197 births
- 1980s 83
1980s
83 births
- 1990s 81
1990s
81 births
- 2000s 579
2000s
579 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,611 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,432 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,432 births (43% of all-time use).
How Clover compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Clover's total volume
Clover by state
Where Clover concentrates geographically, total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 492 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 341 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 196 | 3.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 184 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Washington | | 183 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 157 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 133 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Oregon | | 122 | 2.2% |
492 of 5,640 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Clover appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Clover's data
- California records the most Clovers (492 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Clover: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~128 yrs)
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, 1897–2025 (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 Clover 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.