Clovis
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Clovis is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Clovis mean?
Germanic
A male given name borne by several prominent people in Frankish/French and Germanic history.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Clovis a girl's or a boy's name?
Clovis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clovis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 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, 21 boys in the US were named Clovis, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 84 boys.
2025 had more boys named Clovis than any year since 1964.
Half of all the boys named Clovis in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1956, 32% of the babies named Clovis in the US were girls.
Clovis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 20 | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,266 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,434 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,170 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,212 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,045 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,026 |
| 1941 | 42 | #987 |
| 1940 | 42 | #994 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 34 | #1,109 |
| 1937 | 53 | #835 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,051 |
| 1935 | 63 | #778 |
| 1934 | 62 | #788 |
| 1933 | 58 | #812 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,056 |
| 1931 | 47 | #959 |
| 1930 | 66 | #797 |
| 1929 | 65 | #801 |
| 1928 | 58 | #872 |
| 1927 | 55 | #924 |
| 1926 | 63 | #831 |
| 1925 | 62 | #843 |
| 1924 | 72 | #793 |
| 1923 | 70 | #791 |
| 1922 | 68 | #818 |
| 1921 | 62 | #884 |
| 1920 | 78 | #739 |
| 1919 | 65 | #811 |
| 1918 | 68 | #789 |
| 1917 | 84 | #650 |
| 1916 | 63 | #771 |
| 1915 | 65 | #741 |
| 1914 | 64 | #632 |
| 1913 | 40 | #734 |
| 1912 | 36 | #713 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 12 | #656 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Clovis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lewis Otis Charles Louis Francis Charlie Archie Walter William Ellis Henry Leonard
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Charlotte Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles Lottie Avery
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, “Clovis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/clovis, updated 20 October 2026.