Clyde is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Clyde is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #743 for boy births in the United States (and #1,512 across all names), given to 350 babies. Clyde first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (3,069 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 350 | 350 | — | #743 |
| 2024 | 362 | 362 | — | #728 |
| 2023 | 368 | 368 | — | #721 |
| 2022 | 395 | 395 | — | #684 |
| 2021 | 352 | 352 | — | #731 |
| 2020 | 348 | 348 | — | #715 |
| 2019 | 299 | 299 | — | #779 |
| 2018 | 328 | 328 | — | #729 |
| 2017 | 350 | 350 | — | #704 |
| 2016 | 298 | 298 | — | #795 |
| 2015 | 288 | 288 | — | #803 |
| 2014 | 285 | 285 | — | #806 |
| 2013 | 196 | 196 | — | #1,001 |
| 2012 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,155 |
| 2011 | 154 | 154 | — | #1,160 |
| 2010 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,268 |
| 2009 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,257 |
| 2008 | 143 | 143 | — | #1,224 |
| 2007 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,249 |
| 2006 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,291 |
| 2005 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,258 |
| 2004 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,147 |
| 2003 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,249 |
| 2002 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 117 | 117 | — | #1,172 |
| 2000 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 154 | 154 | — | #922 |
| 1997 | 136 | — | — | #967 |
| 1996 | 133 | — | — | #963 |
| 1995 | 168 | — | — | #827 |
| 1994 | 152 | — | — | #874 |
| 1993 | 184 | — | — | #776 |
| 1992 | 199 | — | — | #734 |
| 1991 | 187 | — | — | #745 |
| 1990 | 250 | — | — | #641 |
| 1989 | 235 | — | — | #653 |
| 1988 | 223 | — | — | #639 |
| 1987 | 215 | — | — | #622 |
| 1986 | 241 | — | — | #572 |
| 1985 | 277 | — | — | #524 |
| 1984 | 291 | — | — | #494 |
| 1983 | 289 | — | — | #496 |
| 1982 | 309 | — | — | #485 |
| 1981 | 346 | — | — | #443 |
| 1980 | 386 | — | — | #420 |
| 1979 | 340 | — | — | #435 |
| 1978 | 353 | — | — | #416 |
| 1977 | 374 | — | #7,703 | #411 |
| 1976 | 391 | — | #9,575 | #394 |
| 1975 | 399 | — | — | #391 |
| 1974 | 422 | — | #7,872 | #377 |
| 1973 | 492 | — | — | #344 |
| 1972 | 487 | — | — | #349 |
| 1971 | 525 | — | #8,562 | #353 |
| 1970 | 627 | — | #7,219 | #315 |
| 1969 | 615 | — | #5,537 | #307 |
| 1968 | 632 | — | #6,379 | #301 |
| 1967 | 640 | — | — | #286 |
| 1966 | 671 | — | #6,750 | #288 |
| 1965 | 778 | — | #4,904 | #269 |
| 1964 | 897 | — | #6,129 | #257 |
| 1963 | 1,014 | — | #6,004 | #240 |
| 1962 | 1,137 | — | — | #225 |
| 1961 | 1,367 | — | #3,630 | #210 |
| 1960 | 1,385 | — | #3,537 | #206 |
| 1959 | 1,479 | — | #3,862 | #196 |
| 1958 | 1,566 | — | #3,252 | #183 |
| 1957 | 1,753 | — | #4,266 | #176 |
| 1956 | 1,728 | — | #3,527 | #175 |
| 1955 | 1,756 | — | #3,001 | #164 |
| 1954 | 1,790 | — | #3,190 | #161 |
| 1953 | 1,868 | — | #3,137 | #154 |
| 1952 | 2,036 | — | #2,213 | #143 |
| 1951 | 2,068 | — | #2,830 | #132 |
| 1950 | 2,001 | — | #2,567 | #136 |
| 1949 | 2,103 | — | #2,282 | #131 |
| 1948 | 2,092 | — | #2,268 | #131 |
| 1947 | 2,296 | — | #1,665 | #128 |
| 1946 | 2,086 | — | #2,041 | #122 |
| 1945 | 1,887 | — | #1,520 | #121 |
| 1944 | 2,105 | — | #1,707 | #111 |
| 1943 | 2,224 | — | #1,536 | #114 |
| 1942 | 2,233 | — | #1,597 | #109 |
| 1941 | 1,901 | — | #1,449 | #113 |
| 1940 | 2,037 | — | #1,643 | #102 |
| 1939 | 1,977 | — | #1,894 | #101 |
| 1938 | 2,172 | — | #1,113 | #97 |
| 1937 | 2,141 | — | #1,201 | #93 |
| 1936 | 2,194 | — | #1,099 | #89 |
| 1935 | 2,387 | — | #1,273 | #82 |
| 1934 | 2,362 | — | #1,134 | #84 |
| 1933 | 2,172 | — | #1,291 | #87 |
| 1932 | 2,369 | — | #998 | #82 |
| 1931 | 2,385 | — | #1,000 | #77 |
| 1930 | 2,697 | — | #890 | #76 |
| 1929 | 2,693 | — | #886 | #74 |
| 1928 | 2,788 | — | #831 | #74 |
| 1927 | 2,967 | — | #777 | #68 |
| 1926 | 2,944 | — | #881 | #67 |
| 1925 | 2,994 | — | #788 | #68 |
| 1924 | 3,092 | — | #804 | #69 |
| 1923 | 2,934 | — | #813 | #68 |
| 1922 | 3,107 | — | #726 | #67 |
| 1921 | 3,108 | — | #788 | #69 |
| 1920 | 3,164 | — | #741 | #68 |
| 1919 | 2,993 | — | #667 | #67 |
| 1918 | 3,026 | — | #688 | #67 |
| 1917 | 2,843 | — | #613 | #64 |
| 1916 | 2,823 | — | #630 | #62 |
| 1915 | 2,635 | — | #605 | #63 |
| 1914 | 2,050 | — | #577 | #63 |
| 1913 | 1,624 | — | #545 | #64 |
| 1912 | 1,373 | — | #650 | #65 |
| 1911 | 765 | — | #501 | #61 |
| 1910 | 672 | — | #552 | #57 |
| 1909 | 576 | — | #483 | #60 |
| 1908 | 559 | — | #527 | #59 |
| 1907 | 563 | — | #476 | #56 |
| 1906 | 521 | — | #428 | #55 |
| 1905 | 531 | — | #448 | #52 |
| 1904 | 512 | — | #437 | #51 |
| 1903 | 465 | — | #442 | #52 |
| 1902 | 432 | — | #441 | #60 |
| 1901 | 418 | — | #376 | #55 |
| 1900 | 516 | — | #419 | #56 |
| 1899 | 383 | — | #399 | #58 |
| 1898 | 429 | — | #449 | #58 |
| 1897 | 415 | — | #386 | #58 |
| 1896 | 422 | — | #404 | #58 |
| 1895 | 419 | — | #403 | #59 |
| 1894 | 425 | — | #446 | #56 |
| 1893 | 437 | — | #396 | #55 |
| 1892 | 435 | — | #396 | #56 |
| 1891 | 361 | — | #433 | #58 |
| 1890 | 364 | — | #366 | #64 |
| 1889 | 356 | — | #393 | #62 |
| 1888 | 378 | — | #425 | #60 |
| 1887 | 351 | — | #391 | #55 |
| 1886 | 328 | — | #480 | #62 |
| 1885 | 343 | — | #415 | #57 |
| 1884 | 367 | — | #428 | #56 |
| 1883 | 349 | — | #545 | #50 |
| 1882 | 312 | — | #419 | #62 |
| 1881 | 249 | — | #406 | #68 |
| 1880 | 234 | — | #473 | #72 |