Clive
Recorded 1885–2025 · United States
Clive was most popular in 2016, when 85 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,961 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,152, with 57 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,336 people named Clive.
Clive over time
How old is the name Clive?
Clive first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1885, which makes it about 140 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 126 of the 141 years since.
How many people are named Clive?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,336 American births named Clive between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,205 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Clive in 2025?
57 American babies were named Clive in 2025, ranking #5,152 that year.
Is Clive getting more or less popular?
Clive is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 62 births a year, against 67 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -8% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Clive a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Clive is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 3,336 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Clive?
Roughly 2,205 Americans named Clive are alive today — 66% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 9 and 45. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Clive is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org