Clyde

Girl · recorded 1880–1977

  • 1977last recorded
  • 1901best year

Most popular in 1901.

Last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

013025918801904192919531977

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 93 recorded years as a table
Clyde, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880143
1881185
1882176
1883116
1884171
1885188
1886145
1887212
1888190
1889213
1890247
1891183
1892212
1893216
1894175
1895210
1896210
1897239
1898178
1899227
1900217
1901259
1902189
1903198
1904200
1905195
1906217
1907176
1908144
1909173
1910139
1911163
1912106
1913139
1914126
1915119
1916111
1917115
191894
191996
192079
192170
192283
192367
192469
192572
192660
192773
192865
192958
193059
193146
193247
193331
193437
193531
193639
193734
193838
193916
194020
194124
194220
194322
194418
194522
194613
194719
194811
194911
19509
19518
195212
19537
19547
19558
19566
19574
19587
19595
19606
19616
19633
19643
19655
19663
19684
19695
19703
19713
19744
19763
19775

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Clyde isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977
7
Rank in 1977
#7,567
How rare
1 in 219,020 girls
Since 1880
3,932

Clyde was last recorded in 1977. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1901, at 259 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Clyde doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.