Clyda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Clyda

The Social Security Administration has registered 758 babies named Clyda between 1880 and 1960, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clyda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clyda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Clyda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clyda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clyda 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 758 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.