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Clyde

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 3,069 babies; 350 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #802, 2016: #794, 2017: #704, 2018: #729, 2019: #779, 2020: #715, 2021: #731, 2022: #684, 2023: #721, 2024: #728, 2025: #7421 in 4,880 boys in the US, 2025#742 · steady · was #802 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #3,004, 2016: #2,556, 2017: #3,996, 2018: #3,959, 2019: #2,728, 2020: #2,404, 2021: #3,017, 2022: #4,002, 2023: #3,524, 2024: #3,689, 2025: #5,1371 in 90,645 boys in E&W, 2025#5,137 · falling · was #3,004 in 2015

Boy’s name · from a place name · /klʌɪd/

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What Clyde means

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

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 3,069 babies; 350 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Clyde?

US 2025
#742
350 babies
▼ 14 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#5137
3 babies
▼ 1448 vs 2024
Scotland
–
Not listed

US: Steady: #802 in 2015, #742 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #3004 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (1905)

Biggest US share so far: 1905, when 474 boys got the name (#52 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,880 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 90,645 baby boys in England and Wales 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 AK (2.2 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.86 per 1,000 boys), SD (1.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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ME
WI
VT
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ID
MT
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WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
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CO
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MO
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DE
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GA
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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Clyde is #742 in the US and #5137 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#7423501 in 4,880#802
England & Wales#513731 in 90,645#3004
Scotland––––

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Clyde were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250350
England & Wales 202503
US all years since 18803,932144,994
England & Wales since 19960153

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

How to say it

/klʌɪd/
UK/klaɪd/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Claude40 US · 12 E&W
  • Klyde19 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 Clyde

Boys

  • Dallas#238“dweller at the house in the dale”
  • Warren#240“river, water”
  • Harvey#251“iron + blazing”
  • Calvin#132“bald”
  • Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
  • Leon#138“lion”

For a sister

  • Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
  • Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”
  • Dakota#295“ally”
  • Savannah#135From the word “savannah”
  • Blair#169“field, plain”
  • Blake#295“black”

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

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