Clydia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Clydia

The Social Security Administration has registered 626 babies named Clydia between 1900 and 1972, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clydia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Clydia performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Clydia 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 South Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Clydia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Clydia 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 626 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.