Clever
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KLEV-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Clever is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “quick-witted, intelligent”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Clever mean?
English: English word used as a name
“quick-witted, intelligent”
Is Clever a girl's or a boy's name?
Clever is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Clever in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Clever, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003. 10 girls were also named Clever in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Clever in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clever in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Clever
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Archer Colter Wilder Baker Ledger Wylder Walker Cooper Miller Carter Brewer Colson
Names related to Clever
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Clever: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clever, updated 20 October 2026.