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How popular is “Clive” in the USA?

Number of people named “Clive” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Clive” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Clive” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Clive” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Clive” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Clive” by birth year

This chart shows how “Clive” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1899 8 0.000023583 8 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 -100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 -100%
1912 10 0.000010121 10 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 34 0.000018555 34 -100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 -100%
1917 28 0.000013953 28 -100%
1918 31 0.000014278 31 -100%
1919 28 0.000013269 28 -100%
1920 26 0.000011491 26 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 27 0.000011795 27 -100%
1923 30 0.000013029 30 -100%
1924 31 0.000013016 31 -100%
1925 27 0.000011572 27 -100%
1926 26 0.000011325 26 -100%
1927 23 0.000009917 23 -100%
1928 27 0.000011942 27 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 27 -100%
1930 50 0.000022489 50 -100%
1931 51 0.000024235 51 -100%
1932 39 0.000018472 39 -100%
1933 40 0.000020006 40 -100%
1934 36 0.000017334 36 -100%
1935 41 0.000019618 41 -100%
1936 28 0.000013477 28 -100%
1937 34 0.000015957 34 -100%
1938 27 0.000012203 27 -100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 -100%
1942 41 0.000015008 41 -100%
1943 25 0.000008857 25 -100%
1944 24 0.000008922 24 -100%
1945 23 0.00000867 23 -100%
1946 29 0.000009076 29 -100%
1947 38 0.000010549 38 -100%
1948 24 0.000006951 24 -100%
1949 22 0.000006313 22 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 30 0.000008144 30 -100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 -100%
1953 22 0.000005709 22 -100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 -100%
1955 26 0.000006476 26 -100%
1956 19 0.000004608 19 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 19 0.000004596 19 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 19 0.000004574 19 -100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 -100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 -100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 -100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 14 0.000004124 14 -100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 -100%
1973 9 0.000002983 9 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 -100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 -100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 -100%
1982 9 0.000002566 9 -100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 -100%
1984 18 0.000005159 18 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 18 0.00000506 18 -100%
1987 18 0.000004992 18 -100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 -100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 -100%
1990 27 0.000006831 27 -100%
1991 37 0.000009499 37 -100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 -100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 -100%
1995 19 0.000005188 19 -100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 -100%
1997 22 0.000006068 22 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 17 0.000004602 17 -100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 -100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 -100%
2005 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
2006 38 0.000009605 38 -100%
2007 45 0.000011257 45 -100%
2008 49 0.000012466 49 -100%
2009 56 0.000014659 56 -100%
2010 57 0.000015423 57 -100%
2011 53 0.00001449 53 -100%
2012 67 0.000018319 67 -100%
2013 56 0.000015361 56 -100%
2014 77 0.000020775 77 -100%
2015 82 0.000022157 82 -100%
2016 85 0.000023169 85 -100%
2017 67 0.000018735 67 -100%
2018 82 0.000023323 82 -100%
2019 64 0.000018439 64 -100%
2020 55 0.000016464 55 -100%
2021 69 0.000020366 69 -100%
2022 55 0.000016257 55 -100%
2023 54 0.000016308 54 -100%
2024 73 0.000021932 73 -100%

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