# Clover (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clover/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,738 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 98 / 5,640 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 533, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 112 | 1,808 |
| 2012 | 144 | 1,532 |
| 2013 | 164 | 1,399 |
| 2014 | 154 | 1,459 |
| 2015 | 180 | 1,319 |
| 2016 | 176 | 1,345 |
| 2017 | 182 | 1,292 |
| 2018 | 187 | 1,244 |
| 2019 | 213 | 1,136 |
| 2020 | 232 | 1,067 |
| 2021 | 319 | 860 |
| 2022 | 381 | 757 |
| 2023 | 437 | 673 |
| 2024 | 485 | 617 |
| 2025 | 578 | 517 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 6 | 3,938 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,350 |
| 1925 | 7 | 3,471 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,105 |
| 1954 | 5 | 3,920 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,319 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,527 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,306 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,441 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,840 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,706 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5,906 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,184 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 34 | 1,017 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 38 | 918 |
| 2022 | 45 | 796 |
| 2023 | 46 | 774 |
| 2024 | 57 | 670 |
| 2025 | 65 | 596 |

## People named Clover

- Clover Moore, Australian politician (born 1945)
- Clover Maitland, field hockey player

## 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.