Clive is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2016 and remains in steady use.
Clive is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,398 for boy births in the United States (and #5,162 across all names), given to 57 babies. Clive first appears in 1885 and peaked in 2016 (85 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | 57 | #2,398 |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | #2,045 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | #2,484 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | #2,497 |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | #2,097 |
| 2020 | 55 | 55 | #2,398 |
| 2019 | 64 | 64 | #2,190 |
| 2018 | 82 | 82 | #1,840 |
| 2017 | 67 | 67 | #2,069 |
| 2016 | 85 | 85 | #1,791 |
| 2015 | 82 | 82 | #1,817 |
| 2014 | 77 | 77 | #1,890 |
| 2013 | 56 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2012 | 67 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2011 | 53 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 2010 | 57 | 57 | #2,265 |
| 2009 | 56 | 56 | #2,324 |
| 2008 | 49 | 49 | #2,552 |
| 2007 | 45 | 45 | #2,692 |
| 2006 | 38 | 38 | #2,943 |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | #4,219 |
| 2004 | 20 | 20 | #4,290 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | #4,453 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | #5,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #7,024 |
| 2000 | 19 | 19 | #4,084 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #4,185 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | #5,200 |
| 1997 | 22 | — | #3,271 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | #4,923 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | #3,451 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | #3,939 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #4,054 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | #2,926 |
| 1991 | 37 | — | #2,027 |
| 1990 | 27 | — | #2,502 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #4,571 |
| 1988 | 24 | — | #2,447 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #2,858 |
| 1986 | 18 | — | #2,799 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #3,441 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | #2,629 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | #2,595 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #4,292 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | #2,922 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | #3,659 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #3,203 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #3,096 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | #2,933 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,037 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #3,106 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #3,364 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #3,493 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #2,704 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | #3,105 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #4,025 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | #2,341 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #2,160 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | #2,657 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #3,022 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | #1,982 |
| 1963 | 28 | — | #1,489 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #2,704 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #2,006 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | #1,868 |
| 1959 | 17 | — | #1,986 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | #1,854 |
| 1957 | 18 | — | #1,898 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | #1,841 |
| 1955 | 26 | — | #1,511 |
| 1954 | 23 | — | #1,599 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #1,641 |
| 1952 | 27 | — | #1,464 |
| 1951 | 30 | — | #1,351 |
| 1950 | 19 | — | #1,707 |
| 1949 | 22 | — | #1,588 |
| 1948 | 24 | — | #1,493 |
| 1947 | 38 | — | #1,177 |
| 1946 | 29 | — | #1,302 |
| 1945 | 23 | — | #1,384 |
| 1944 | 24 | — | #1,373 |
| 1943 | 25 | — | #1,406 |
| 1942 | 41 | — | #1,060 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | #1,541 |
| 1940 | 19 | — | #1,583 |
| 1939 | 25 | — | #1,327 |
| 1938 | 27 | — | #1,279 |
| 1937 | 34 | — | #1,126 |
| 1936 | 28 | — | #1,250 |
| 1935 | 41 | — | #996 |
| 1934 | 36 | — | #1,099 |
| 1933 | 40 | — | #1,018 |
| 1932 | 39 | — | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 51 | — | #901 |
| 1930 | 50 | — | #960 |
| 1929 | 27 | — | #1,388 |
| 1928 | 27 | — | #1,421 |
| 1927 | 23 | — | #1,611 |
| 1926 | 26 | — | #1,437 |
| 1925 | 27 | — | #1,428 |
| 1924 | 31 | — | #1,336 |
| 1923 | 30 | — | #1,332 |
| 1922 | 27 | — | #1,436 |
| 1921 | 26 | — | #1,486 |
| 1920 | 26 | — | #1,464 |
| 1919 | 28 | — | #1,358 |
| 1918 | 31 | — | #1,263 |
| 1917 | 28 | — | #1,298 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | #1,710 |
| 1915 | 34 | — | #1,106 |
| 1914 | 19 | — | #1,398 |
| 1913 | 14 | — | #1,458 |
| 1912 | 10 | — | #1,642 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,222 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,305 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,033 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | #764 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,241 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,355 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #796 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | #801 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,003 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #894 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,113 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #980 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #966 |