How Many People Are Named Clive?
people named Clive are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 155,852 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,336 babies named Clive in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
85 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname meaning "cliff" in Old English, originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Clive in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Clive alive today is about 28 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Clive first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 2016, to 85 babies. In 2025, 57 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Clive has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #764, in 1906. In 2025 it ranked #2,398.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,398 |
| Best rank | #764 (1906) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,039 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Clive alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Clive were born in New York than in any other state: about 187 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Clive was given 5.5 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in California and 1.3 times in Texas.
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