Clive

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Clive: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Clive: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #106 in 1973, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#106highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Clive's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#788
1998	#2074
1999	#1281
2000	#1167
2001	#1027
2002	#1519
2003	#1629
2004	#1347
2005	#1851
2006	#1892
2007	#3095
2008	#2276
2009	#3744
2010	#2036
2011	#3830
2012	#3987
2013	#3315
2014	#2964
2015	#2707
2016	#4810
2017	#3996
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#1935
2021	#3990
2022	#4001
2023	#4107
2024	#2443

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 47 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2017: #610 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3996 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #147 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #106 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Clive appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 47 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 804 births with the name.

Clive across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Clive's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#147 (1964)	#106 (1973)	#829 (2025)	47 of 62	804 (1964–2025)	49 (1978)
England and Wales · Boys	#898 (1996)	#788 (1997)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	225 (1996–2024)	20 (1997)

Clive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Clive in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	90	6 of 10	15
1970sbusiest	382	10 of 10	38
1980s	217	10 of 10	22
1990s	80	10 of 10	8
2000s	22	7 of 10	3
2010s	10	3 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 38 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Clive appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #106 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Clive's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1027	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#788	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#195	12	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	15	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	12	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	14	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	18	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	41	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	24	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	38	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	32	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	37	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	49	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	37	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	40	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	42	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	41	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	48	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	36	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	29	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	23	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	16	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	22	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	12	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	17	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	12	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #106, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Avril · #101, 61y
Brita · #101, 62y
Dominick · #111, 57y
Stina · #113, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aideen · #106, 62y
Elina · #106, 53y
Hilary · #106, 54y
Noelle · #105, 62y

Clive was ranked #106 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1973. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Clive and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Clive without appearing here.

Clive moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Clive

Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2036 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1342.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2036 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1568.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1935 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Clive

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clive went from #147 to #829 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clive went from #147 to #829 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clive went from #147 to #829 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clive went from #147 to #829 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Clive

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clive went from #147 to #829 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clive went from #147 to #829 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clive went from #147 to #829 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Clive went from #147 to #829 and Edward from #18 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #106 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Clive

Clive at a glance

What stands out in Clive's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Clive across 2 official records

Clive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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What stands out in Clive's record

Clive across 2 official records

Clive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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