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Clovis

Clovis was most popular in 1917, when 84 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 4,735 for boys. It is also a girl's name, most popular for girls in 1923.

3,719babies since 1880
1917most popular year
#634best rank, 1914
#4,735rank in 2025

Babies named Clovis each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s014
1890s050
1900s076
1910s127511
1920s200653
1930s146492
1940s83359
1950s63270
1960s8163
1970s0127
1980s098
1990s051
2000s058
2010s089
2020s081

Clovis in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Clovis.

US England and Wales France

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1917 1 in 11,018 #4,735
England and Wales 1959 1 in 27,839 n/a
France 1902 1 in 1,070 #508

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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