Clydell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Clydell

The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Clydell between 1932 and 1998, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Clydell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Clydell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 83 additional births since 1919.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clydell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Clydell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clydell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clydell 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 137 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.