Is Clovis a boy or girl name?

Clovis is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 3,719 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 16.9% were girls and 83.1% were boys.

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Clovis

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Clovis was most popular in 1923, when 101 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,335 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,719 people named Clovis.

Clovis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Clovis’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Clovis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Clovis is mostly a boy’s name — 16.9% of the 3,719 Americans given it were girls and 83.1% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Clovis

Where Clovis 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