Klyde
Boy · KLYDE · Celtic
Klyde is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Klyde mean?
Celtic: spelling of Clyde; 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
Meaning borrowed from Clyde. More on Wiktionary.
Is Klyde a girl's or a boy's name?
Klyde is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Klyde in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Klyde, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Klyde in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 369 boys in the US were given Klyde or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #679, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
- Clyde 350
- Klyde 19
Klyde in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
Names like Klyde
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyaire Ridge Finn Kayden Finnegan Cassian Kyce Cove Case Kyrie Bronx Declan
Other spellings of Klyde
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