# Clovis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/clovis/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkloʊvɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,719 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,092 / 627 (17% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Clovis, from Frankish *Hlōdowig, the same Germanic source as French Louis, Dutch Lodewijk and German Ludwig, see there for further information. Doublet of Louis and Ludwig. The New Mexican city was named after a Frankish king; the Native American site and culture were named after this city.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 11 | 2,798 |
| 1945 | 8 | 3,435 |
| 1946 | 5 | 5,086 |
| 1947 | 6 | 4,846 |
| 1948 | 7 | 4,272 |
| 1949 | 6 | 4,773 |
| 1950 | 9 | 3,718 |
| 1951 | 6 | 4,942 |
| 1952 | 8 | 4,189 |
| 1954 | 10 | 3,761 |
| 1955 | 8 | 4,441 |
| 1956 | 11 | 3,733 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6,257 |
| 1959 | 6 | 5,669 |
| 1963 | 8 | 4,952 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 11,001 |
| 2011 | 12 | 6,663 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,654 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,240 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,937 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,015 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,186 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,090 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,486 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,894 |
| 2021 | 19 | 4,963 |
| 2022 | 16 | 5,673 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,575 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6,912 |
| 2025 | 21 | 4,735 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |

## In other languages

- Finnish: Klodvig
- Georgian: ხლოდვიგი
- Italian: Clodoveo
- Portuguese: Clóvis
- Swedish: Klodvig

## People named Clovis

- Clovis I, first king of the Franks (c. 466-511)
- Clovis Cornillac, French actor and film director
- Clovis Fernandes, Brazilian athlete
- Clovis Tronille, French painter (1889-1975)
- Clovis Hugues, French writer
- Clóvis Beviláqua, Brazilian jurist (1859–1944)
- Clóvis Frainer, Brazilian archbishop (1931–2017)
- Chlodwig, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld, German noble (1876-1954)

## 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.