Clover
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Clover is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “clover”. In 2025 it ranked 607th for girls in the UK (70 babies) and 517th for girls in the US (578 babies).
What does Clover mean?
English: English plant name, from Old English clafre
“clover”
The meadow plant; a four-leaved clover is a traditional symbol of good luck.
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Is Clover a girl's or a boy's name?
Clover is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 girls in the UK and 578 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Clover in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 4,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the UK were named Clover, making it the 607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Clover of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Clover in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 596th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Clover in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #607 |
| 2024 | 61 | #677 |
| 2023 | 50 | #781 |
| 2022 | 47 | #824 |
| 2021 | 40 | #945 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 37 | #1,025 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,248 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Clover in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #517among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 578about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 137% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 578 girls in the US were named Clover, making it the 517th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,067th. It first appears in the records in 1897. 15 boys were also named Clover in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most girls named Clover of any year since it first appeared, in 1897.
Half of all the girls named Clover in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 794 girls in the US were given Clover or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #417, up from #517 for this spelling alone.
Clover in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 578 | #517 |
| 2024 | 485 | #617 |
| 2023 | 437 | #673 |
| 2022 | 381 | #757 |
| 2021 | 319 | #860 |
| 2020 | 232 | #1,067 |
| 2019 | 213 | #1,133 |
| 2018 | 187 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 182 | #1,291 |
| 2016 | 176 | #1,345 |
| 2015 | 180 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 154 | #1,459 |
| 2013 | 164 | #1,399 |
| 2012 | 144 | #1,530 |
| 2011 | 112 | #1,804 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,010 |
| 2009 | 134 | #1,660 |
| 2008 | 127 | #1,740 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,931 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 11 | #3,746 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,465 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,816 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,754 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,605 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
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