Clover

What Clover means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Clover yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,317 in 2015, #517 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Clover?

US: Rising: up from #1317 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2945 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 578 girls got the name (#517 that year). First in the US records in 1897.

How common

• About 1 in 2,781 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,897 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NE (1.55 per 1,000 girls), OR (1.15 per 1,000 girls), WV (0.99 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Clover is #517 in the US and #596 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.5% of US babies named Clover were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Klover197 US
• Klever13 US
• Clever10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Clover

Girls

• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Genesis#66“creation, beginning, origin”^*
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Sienna#94Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #229 in 2015, #94 in 2025
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*

For a brother

• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies
• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Clover’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.