Boy or Girl

Is Clive a boy or girl name?

Clive is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 73 boys were named Clive, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0% of the 3,279 US babies named Clive were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#2,056
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Clive since 1885
3,279
Most popular year
2016
85 babies
Babies named Clive each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Clive from 1885 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.02550751001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Clive, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s500%
1890s4000%
1900s3500%
1910s19000%
1920s27000%
1930s37100%
1940s26500%
1950s22000%
1960s14300%
1970s10000%
1980s15500%
1990s20000%
2000s28900%
2010s69000%
2020s30600%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202473#2,0560–
202354#2,4830–
202255#2,4960–
202169#2,0970–
202055#2,3970–
201964#2,1890–
201882#1,8390–
201767#2,0690–
201685#1,7910–
201582#1,8170–
201477#1,8900–
201356#2,2860–
201267#2,0510–
201153#2,3810–
201057#2,2640–
200956#2,3240–
200849#2,5520–
200745#2,6920–
200638#2,9430–
200521#4,2190–
200420#4,2900–
200318#4,4530–
200214#5,1810–
20019#7,0230–
200019#4,0840–
199917#4,1850–
199812#5,1980–
199722#3,2710–
199612#4,9230–
199519#3,4510–
199416#3,9390–
199315#4,0540–
199223#2,9260–
199137#2,0270–
199027#2,5020–
198911#4,5700–
198824#2,4470–
198718#2,8580–
198618#2,7980–
198513#3,4400–
198418#2,6300–
198318#2,5950–
19829#4,2920–
198115#2,9220–
198011#3,6580–
197913#3,2030–
197813#3,0960–
197714#2,9320–
19766#5,0380–
197512#3,1060–
197410#3,3660–
19739#3,4920–
19720–0–
197113#2,7030–
197010#3,1050–
19696#4,0260–
196813#2,3410–
196714#2,1600–
196611#2,4960–
19658#3,0220–
196417#1,9820–
196328#1,4890–
196210#2,7030–
196117#2,0050–
196019#1,8680–
195917#1,9870–
195819#1,8530–
195718#1,8970–
195619#1,8410–
195526#1,5110–
195423#1,5990–
195322#1,6410–
195227#1,4640–
195130#1,3510–
195019#1,7070–
194922#1,5880–
194824#1,4930–
194738#1,1770–
194629#1,3020–
194523#1,3840–
194424#1,3730–
194325#1,4060–
194241#1,0600–
194120#1,5410–
194019#1,5830–
193925#1,3260–
193827#1,2790–
193734#1,1260–
193628#1,2500–
193541#9960–
193436#1,0990–
193340#1,0180–
193239#1,0770–
193151#9010–
193050#9600–
192927#1,3880–
192827#1,4210–
192723#1,6110–
192626#1,4370–
192527#1,4280–
192431#1,3360–
192330#1,3320–
192227#1,4360–
192126#1,4860–
192026#1,4640–
191928#1,3580–
191831#1,2630–
191728#1,2980–
191618#1,7100–
191534#1,1060–
191419#1,3980–
191314#1,4580–
191210#1,6420–
19110–0–
19108#1,2220–
19096#1,3050–
19088#1,0330–
19070–0–
190611#7640–
19050–0–
19045#1,2410–
19030–0–
19020–0–
19010–0–
19005#1,3550–
18998#7960–
18980–0–
18978#8010–
18966#1,0030–
18957#8940–
18945#1,1130–
18930–0–
18926#9800–
18910–0–
18900–0–
18890–0–
18880–0–
18870–0–
18860–0–
18855#9660–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Clive reached #764 in 1906. It has never been ranked as a girl name. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2010s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.