Clover

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Clover: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #638, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#638highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#1802
1998	#2701
1999	#2444
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2006	#3116
2007	#2895
2008	#2022
2009	#2148
2010	#1993
2011	#2150
2012	#2215
2013	#2176
2014	#1798
2015	#2945
2016	#1920
2017	#1184
2018	#1343
2019	#1017
2020	#1044
2021	#918
2022	#796
2023	#774
2024	#670

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #670 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #670 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Clover by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Clover in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	52	8 of 10	7
2010s	175	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	218	5 of 10	44

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 44 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Clover 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024.

Clover'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	female	#670	57	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#774	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#796	45	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#918	38	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1044	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1017	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1184	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #638, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

Blythe · #638, 29y
Ginny · #638, 25y
Nya · #638, 27y
Olivia-Mae · #638, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bilaal · #638, 28y
Blythe · #638, 29y
Corah · #638, 16y
Darby · #638, 28y

Clover was ranked #638 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Clover 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 Clover without appearing here.

Clover moved ahead of

Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1798 and #5691.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1920 and #5785.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #5876.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2895 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Clover

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1798 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2945 and #1240.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1017 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1044 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Clover

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clover went from #3795 to #670 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clover went from #3795 to #670 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clover went from #3795 to #670 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clover went from #3795 to #670 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Clover

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clover went from #3795 to #670 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clover went from #3795 to #670 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clover went from #3795 to #670 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Clover went from #3795 to #670 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Clover by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Clover at a glance

Clover by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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