Clyde
A boys’ name of Scottish origin, meaning from the river Clyde.
How Clyde has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #804 |
| 2016 | #795 |
| 2017 | #704 |
| 2018 | #729 |
| 2019 | #778 |
| 2020 | #715 |
| 2021 | #731 |
| 2022 | #688 |
| 2023 | #719 |
| 2024 | #728 |
| 2025 | #743 |
Clyde by the numbers
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.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,068 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1905, about 1 in 300 American boys born that year was called Clyde.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clyde. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Clyde
Names that are said the same way as Clyde, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Klydewarm, friendly; a spelling variant of Clyde30 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a river
Like Clyde, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Wadeto go or ford across water899 in the US (2017)
- Trentonsettlement of the trent river673 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Fordshallow river crossing340 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Clyde
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