Clyde
Boy · KLYDE · Celtic
Clyde is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 742nd for boys in the US (350 babies).
What does Clyde mean?
Celtic: from the River Clyde in Scotland, a river name of Brittonic origin
Taken from the River Clyde, which flows through Glasgow and was once famous for its shipyards.
- Say it
- KLYDE
More on Wiktionary.
Is Clyde a girl's or a boy's name?
Clyde is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 350 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Clyde in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Clyde, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 12 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Clyde than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Clyde in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Clyde in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Clyde in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 350about 1 in 4,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 350 boys in the US were named Clyde, making it the 742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 715th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 3,069 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Clyde than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Clyde in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 369 boys in the US were given Clyde or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #679, up from #742 for this spelling alone.
- Clyde 350
- Klyde 19
Clyde in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 350 | #742 |
| 2024 | 362 | #728 |
| 2023 | 368 | #721 |
| 2022 | 395 | #684 |
| 2021 | 352 | #731 |
| 2020 | 348 | #715 |
| 2019 | 299 | #779 |
| 2018 | 328 | #729 |
| 2017 | 350 | #704 |
| 2016 | 298 | #794 |
| 2015 | 288 | #802 |
| 2014 | 285 | #806 |
| 2013 | 196 | #999 |
| 2012 | 158 | #1,155 |
| 2011 | 154 | #1,159 |
| 2010 | 137 | #1,267 |
| 2009 | 140 | #1,257 |
| 2008 | 143 | #1,224 |
| 2007 | 141 | #1,246 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,289 |
| 2005 | 125 | #1,256 |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,143 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,247 |
| 2002 | 112 | #1,220 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,169 |
| 2000 | 144 | #1,013 |
| 1999 | 123 | #1,084 |
| 1998 | 154 | #920 |
| 1997 | 136 | #964 |
| 1996 | 133 | #960 |
| 1995 | 168 | #824 |
| 1994 | 152 | #869 |
| 1993 | 184 | #774 |
| 1992 | 199 | #732 |
| 1991 | 187 | #741 |
| 1990 | 250 | #639 |
| 1989 | 235 | #650 |
| 1988 | 223 | #639 |
| 1987 | 215 | #622 |
| 1986 | 241 | #571 |
| 1985 | 277 | #524 |
| 1984 | 291 | #494 |
| 1983 | 289 | #496 |
| 1982 | 309 | #485 |
| 1981 | 346 | #443 |
| 1980 | 386 | #420 |
| 1979 | 340 | #435 |
| 1978 | 353 | #416 |
| 1977 | 367 | #411 |
| 1976 | 386 | #394 |
| 1975 | 399 | #391 |
| 1974 | 416 | #377 |
| 1973 | 492 | #344 |
| 1972 | 487 | #349 |
| 1971 | 520 | #352 |
| 1970 | 621 | #315 |
| 1969 | 607 | #307 |
| 1968 | 626 | #301 |
| 1967 | 640 | #286 |
| 1966 | 666 | #288 |
| 1965 | 770 | #269 |
| 1964 | 891 | #257 |
| 1963 | 1,008 | #240 |
| 1962 | 1,137 | #225 |
| 1961 | 1,354 | #210 |
| 1960 | 1,372 | #206 |
| 1959 | 1,468 | #196 |
| 1958 | 1,552 | #183 |
| 1957 | 1,744 | #176 |
| 1956 | 1,716 | #175 |
| 1955 | 1,741 | #164 |
| 1954 | 1,777 | #161 |
| 1953 | 1,855 | #154 |
| 1952 | 2,014 | #143 |
| 1951 | 2,054 | #132 |
| 1950 | 1,985 | #136 |
| 1949 | 2,084 | #131 |
| 1948 | 2,073 | #131 |
| 1947 | 2,263 | #128 |
| 1946 | 2,065 | #122 |
| 1945 | 1,858 | #121 |
| 1944 | 2,081 | #111 |
| 1943 | 2,194 | #114 |
| 1942 | 2,206 | #109 |
| 1941 | 1,872 | #113 |
| 1940 | 2,014 | #102 |
| 1939 | 1,959 | #101 |
| 1938 | 2,130 | #97 |
| 1937 | 2,105 | #93 |
| 1936 | 2,153 | #89 |
| 1935 | 2,355 | #82 |
| 1934 | 2,323 | #84 |
| 1933 | 2,141 | #87 |
| 1932 | 2,319 | #82 |
| 1931 | 2,336 | #77 |
| 1930 | 2,631 | #76 |
| 1929 | 2,628 | #74 |
| 1928 | 2,713 | #74 |
| 1927 | 2,880 | #68 |
| 1926 | 2,873 | #67 |
| 1925 | 2,906 | #68 |
| 1924 | 3,006 | #69 |
| 1923 | 2,853 | #68 |
| 1922 | 3,007 | #67 |
| 1921 | 3,022 | #69 |
| 1920 | 3,069 | #68 |
| 1919 | 2,884 | #67 |
| 1918 | 2,917 | #67 |
| 1917 | 2,719 | #64 |
| 1916 | 2,707 | #62 |
| 1915 | 2,518 | #63 |
| 1914 | 1,954 | #63 |
| 1913 | 1,537 | #64 |
| 1912 | 1,314 | #65 |
| 1911 | 697 | #61 |
| 1910 | 617 | #57 |
| 1909 | 516 | #60 |
| 1908 | 511 | #59 |
| 1907 | 507 | #56 |
| 1906 | 457 | #55 |
| 1905 | 474 | #52 |
| 1904 | 457 | #51 |
| 1903 | 413 | #52 |
| 1902 | 382 | #60 |
| 1901 | 356 | #55 |
| 1900 | 451 | #56 |
| 1899 | 330 | #58 |
| 1898 | 383 | #58 |
| 1897 | 359 | #58 |
| 1896 | 372 | #58 |
| 1895 | 370 | #59 |
| 1894 | 386 | #56 |
| 1893 | 391 | #55 |
| 1892 | 390 | #56 |
| 1891 | 327 | #57 |
| 1890 | 317 | #64 |
| 1889 | 318 | #62 |
| 1888 | 344 | #60 |
| 1887 | 320 | #55 |
| 1886 | 307 | #62 |
| 1885 | 318 | #57 |
| 1884 | 345 | #56 |
| 1883 | 336 | #50 |
| 1882 | 293 | #62 |
| 1881 | 232 | #68 |
| 1880 | 221 | #72 |
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