Clive
Boy · KLYVE · English
Clive is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cliff, slope”. In 2025 it ranked 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Clive mean?
English: English surname, from Old English clif
“cliff, slope”
Robert Clive, known as Clive of India, was a famous 18th-century bearer of the surname.
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Is Clive a girl's or a boy's name?
Clive is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clive in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Clive in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#70), 1944 (#50), 1954 (#44) and 1964 (#58).
Clive in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Clive in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,390among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Clive, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the boys named Clive in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Clive in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,042 |
| 2023 | 54 | #2,479 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,095 |
| 2020 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 85 | #1,788 |
| 2015 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 45 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,502 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,486 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,175 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,377 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,054 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,243 |
| 1935 | 41 | #992 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 40 | #1,013 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 51 | #901 |
| 1930 | 50 | #958 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,413 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,603 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,432 |
| 1925 | 27 | #1,425 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,434 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,457 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,351 |
| 1918 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,388 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
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