Clyde

A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning from the river Clyde.

Babies a year
344
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#743
down from #728
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

How Clyde has moved

US popularity rank, 20152025. Lower is more popular.
#622#746#870201520202025#743

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#804
2016#795
2017#704
2018#729
2019#778
2020#715
2021#731
2022#688
2023#719
2024#728
2025#743

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Clyde. In the US, 344 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 3,068 in 1920.

Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Clyde was most common in 1905, when it went to 0.33% of American babies of that sex. Squarely vintage-revival territory.

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