Clovis
Clovis was given to 21 boys in 2025, #4,734 among boys’ names; 3,719 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,130 Americans named Clovis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (31% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 38 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Clovis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Clovis mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Clovis is “a male given name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.”
Borrowed from French Clovis, from Frankish *Hlōdowig, the same Germanic source as French Louis, Dutch Lodewijk and German Ludwig, see there for further information. Doublet of Louis and Ludwig.
/ˈkloʊvɪs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Clovis?
#4,734 among boys’ names, 2025
Clovis rose from #10,931 in 2015 to #4,734 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 12.3 per million.
101 babies in 1923, the peak
Clovis peaked in 1923, when 101 babies were given it (70 boys, #795 among boys’ names). The 21 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 21 | #4,734 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 12 | #6,907 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 5 | #12,570 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 16 | #5,669 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 19 | #4,959 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 8 | #8,889 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 13 | #6,481 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 14 | #6,086 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 11 | #7,182 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 8 | #9,010 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 6 | #10,931 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 9 | #8,235 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 10 | #7,648 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 12 | #6,656 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 6 | #10,994 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 5 | #12,831 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 6 | #11,313 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 6 | #11,169 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 8 | #8,865 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 8 | #8,425 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 9 | #7,641 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 10 | #6,612 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 6 | #9,285 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 8 | #6,713 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,119 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 10 | #5,518 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 5 | #8,946 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 8 | #6,219 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 8 | #6,037 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 6 | #7,332 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 6 | #7,115 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 6 | #6,557 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 10 | #4,296 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 12 | #3,680 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 9 | #4,382 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 13 | #3,297 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 12 | #3,441 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 10 | #4,005 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 7 | #5,038 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 13 | #3,288 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 12 | #3,393 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 15 | #2,814 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 9 | #3,897 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 11 | #3,305 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 10 | #3,481 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 16 | #2,477 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 12 | #2,884 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 15 | #2,446 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 13 | #2,703 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 14 | #2,526 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 16 | #2,148 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 10 | #2,762 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 11 | #2,495 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 14 | #2,150 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 11 | #2,498 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 21 | #1,741 | |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,951 | 20 | #1,800 |
| 1962 | under 5 | 24 | #1,629 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 22 | #1,738 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 14 | #2,226 | |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,668 | 23 | #1,673 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,256 | 21 | #1,734 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 38 | #1,268 | |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,732 | 23 | #1,647 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,440 | 23 | #1,616 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,759 | 28 | #1,440 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 24 | #1,554 | |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,188 | 25 | #1,521 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,941 | 38 | #1,172 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,716 | 27 | #1,401 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,772 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,270 | 39 | #1,146 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,844 | 36 | #1,216 |
| 1946 | 5 | #5,084 | 43 | #1,045 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,433 | 32 | #1,164 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,797 | 30 | #1,217 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,872 | 26 | #1,372 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,223 | 43 | #1,027 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,702 | 42 | #989 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,320 | 42 | #996 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,191 | 32 | #1,146 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,359 | 34 | #1,112 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,014 | 53 | #835 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,153 | 37 | #1,054 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,120 | 63 | #780 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,013 | 62 | #788 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,730 | 58 | #812 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,259 | 40 | #1,060 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,698 | 47 | #963 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,214 | 66 | #797 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,608 | 65 | #801 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,217 | 58 | #875 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,036 | 55 | #931 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,014 | 63 | #833 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,652 | 62 | #844 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,729 | 72 | #793 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,469 | 70 | #795 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,652 | 68 | #819 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,399 | 62 | #885 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,089 | 78 | #739 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,088 | 65 | #811 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,766 | 68 | #790 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,924 | 84 | #651 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,959 | 63 | #774 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,531 | 65 | #742 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,950 | 64 | #634 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,796 | 40 | #735 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,869 | 36 | #717 |
| 1911 | under 5 | 13 | #935 | |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,656 | 13 | #879 |
| 1909 | under 5 | 7 | #1,175 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 12 | #789 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 5 | #1,380 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 8 | #942 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 9 | #851 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 12 | #695 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 12 | #663 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 5 | #1,082 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 6 | #1,192 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 8 | #820 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 7 | #861 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 7 | #912 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 5 | #1,110 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 9 | #714 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 6 | #980 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 8 | #761 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 7 | #832 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 7 | #761 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Clovis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,719 Americans recorded as Clovis, 17% are girls and 83% boys. In 2025 it went to 21 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Clovis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Clovis, and how old are they?
1,130 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 31% of the 3,719 Americans ever recorded as Clovis. The median Clovis alive today is 63 years old; half are between 38 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 1,665 people named Clovis (224 women and girls, 1,441 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,314 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 196 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 401 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 178 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 121 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 93 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 141 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Clovis born?
The states with the most babies named Clovis are Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, with 72% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Oklahoma are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 475 | #2,650 | 2.2× |
| Louisiana | 181 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Oklahoma | 117 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Mississippi | 113 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Alabama | 49 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Arkansas | 34 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| West Virginia | 27 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 21 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Clovis is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Clovis is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Clovis with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Clovis
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Clovis and names like it
- Compare Clovis and VernalBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sClovis peaked in 1923.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Clovis since 1910.
- The top names of 1923The year the most babies were named Clovis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Clovis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.