Clyde Name Popularity

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How popular is Clyde?

Ranking 724th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Clyde is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #50 was reached in 1883.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1920 with 3,068 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Clyde was 112 in 2002.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Clyde occurred roughly during the years 1889-1892, 1911-1916, and 2012-2017, whereas 1961-1966, and 1984-1987 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

How popular will Clyde be?

For a number of years, the name Clyde has steadily increased in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Clyde lately has risen.

The name Clyde still has a solid footing and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Clyde has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Clyde (Girl)		Clyde (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	327	724
2017		< 5	--	347	705
2016		< 5	--	297	793
2015		< 5	--	286	804
2014		< 5	--	284	807
2013		< 5	--	196	999
2012		< 5	--	157	1,162
2011		< 5	--	153	1,163
2010		< 5	--	137	1,267
2009		< 5	--	140	1,256
2008		< 5	--	143	1,224
2007		< 5	--	141	1,247
2006		< 5	--	129	1,291
2005		< 5	--	125	1,256
2004		< 5	--	137	1,144
2003		< 5	--	116	1,248
2002		< 5	--	112	1,224
2001		< 5	--	117	1,172
2000		< 5	--	143	1,019
1999		< 5	--	123	1,087
1998		< 5	--	154	922
1997		< 5	--	136	966
1996		< 5	--	133	963
1995		< 5	--	168	827
1994		< 5	--	152	874
1993		< 5	--	184	775
1992		< 5	--	199	734
1991		< 5	--	187	745
1990		< 5	--	250	641
1989		< 5	--	235	653
1988		< 5	--	223	639
1987		< 5	--	215	622
1986		< 5	--	241	572
1985		< 5	--	277	524
1984		< 5	--	291	493
1983		< 5	--	289	495
1982		< 5	--	309	485
1981		< 5	--	346	443
1980		< 5	--	387	419
1979		< 5	--	340	435
1978		< 5	--	353	416
1977		7	7,701	368	410
1976		5	9,571	386	393
1975		< 5	--	399	391
1974		6	7,869	417	376
1973		< 5	--	491	345
1972		< 5	--	487	349
1971		5	8,555	521	352
1970		6	7,214	622	314
1969		8	5,536	607	308
1968		6	6,379	627	301
1967		< 5	--	639	286
1966		5	6,747	666	288
1965		8	4,900	770	269
1964		6	6,123	890	257
1963		6	6,003	1,005	240
1962		< 5	--	1,142	225
1961		13	3,627	1,350	210
1960		13	3,537	1,372	206
1959		11	3,862	1,466	196
1958		14	3,248	1,555	183
1957		9	4,270	1,737	176
1956		12	3,526	1,719	174
1955		15	2,999	1,741	164
1954		13	3,188	1,775	161
1953		13	3,138	1,852	155
1952		22	2,212	2,014	143
1951		14	2,829	2,053	132
1950		16	2,566	1,985	136
1949		19	2,282	2,084	131
1948		19	2,268	2,073	131
1947		33	1,664	2,264	128
1946		21	2,041	2,065	122
1945		29	1,520	1,858	121
1944		24	1,707	2,079	111
1943		30	1,536	2,194	114
1942		27	1,597	2,204	109
1941		29	1,449	1,872	113
1940		23	1,643	2,014	102
1939		18	1,894	1,959	101
1938		42	1,113	2,130	97
1937		36	1,201	2,104	93
1936		41	1,100	2,152	89
1935		32	1,274	2,354	82
1934		39	1,134	2,323	84
1933		31	1,291	2,140	87
1932		50	998	2,320	82
1931		49	999	2,334	77
1930		66	890	2,631	76
1929		65	886	2,631	74
1928		75	831	2,712	74
1927		87	777	2,879	68
1926		71	880	2,873	67
1925		88	788	2,906	68
1924		86	804	3,004	69
1923		81	813	2,855	68
1922		100	726	3,006	67
1921		86	788	3,023	69
1920		95	741	3,068	68
1919		109	667	2,885	67
1918		109	688	2,917	67
1917		124	613	2,719	64
1916		116	630	2,707	62
1915		117	605	2,518	63
1914		96	577	1,954	63
1913		87	545	1,537	64
1912		59	650	1,314	65
1911		68	501	697	61
1910		55	552	617	57
1909		60	483	516	60
1908		48	527	511	59
1907		56	476	507	56
1906		64	428	457	55
1905		57	448	474	52
1904		55	437	457	51
1903		52	442	413	52
1902		50	441	382	60
1901		62	376	356	55
1900		65	419	451	56
1899		53	399	330	58
1898		46	450	383	58
1897		56	386	359	58
1896		50	404	372	58
1895		49	403	370	59
1894		39	446	386	56
1893		46	396	391	55
1892		45	396	390	56
1891		34	433	327	58
1890		47	366	317	64
1889		38	393	318	62
1888		34	425	344	60
1887		31	391	320	55
1886		21	480	307	62
1885		25	415	318	57
1884		22	428	345	56
1883		13	545	336	50
1882		19	419	293	62
1881		17	406	232	68
1880		13	473	221	72

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.