Clytie — girls' name
301 babies named Clytie in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Clytie was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Clytie in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Clytie
The Social Security Administration has registered 301 babies named Clytie between 1886 and 1948, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clytie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Clytie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Clytie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clytie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Clytie 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 301 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.
Clytie at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Clytie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1886
- Peak year (1916)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1948.
301 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 18 births in a single year.
Clytie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 98 births that decade — 33% of Clytie's all-time total
Clytie decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Clytie's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Clytie by state
Where Clytie concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 301 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1886–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.