# Clive (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clive/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈklaɪv/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,336 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,336 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 225, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 2,382 |
| 2012 | 67 | 2,051 |
| 2013 | 56 | 2,286 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,890 |
| 2015 | 82 | 1,817 |
| 2016 | 85 | 1,791 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,069 |
| 2018 | 82 | 1,840 |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,190 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,398 |
| 2021 | 69 | 2,097 |
| 2022 | 55 | 2,497 |
| 2023 | 54 | 2,484 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2,045 |
| 2025 | 57 | 2,398 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |

## People named Clive

- Clive Owen, English actor
- Clive Dunn, British actor (1920–2012)
- Clive Granger, British economist
- Clive Barker, English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952)
- Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)
- Clive Cussler, American novelist (1931–2020)
- Clive Burr, English drummer (1957–2013)
- Clive Davis, American music executive (1932–2026)
- Clive Bell, British art critic (1881–1964)
- Clive Standen, English actor (born 1981)
- Clive Allen, English footballer (born 1961)
- Clive Swift, British actor (1936–2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.