Clyde

maleStatistical record

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

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

Clyde: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 17 years, it reached #279 in 1972, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#279highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Clyde's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1761
1999	#2097
2000	#2142
2001	#1949
2004	#1498
2005	#2174
2006	#3385
2007	#3095
2008	#3158
2009	#3227
2010	#3865
2011	#2194
2012	#3416
2013	#2403
2014	#3895
2015	#3004
2016	#2556
2017	#3996
2018	#3959
2019	#2728
2020	#2404
2021	#3017
2022	#4001
2023	#3523
2024	#3688

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 England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #291 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1969–1978
Highest recorded position: #279 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1969–1978).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Clyde appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 26 ranked years and 150 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1969.

Clyde 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.

Clyde'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1498 (2004)	#3688 (2024)	26 of 29	150 (1996–2024)	11 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#291 (1969)	#279 (1972)	#326 (1978)	7 of 10	22 (1969–1978)	4 (1972)

Clyde by decade in England and Wales · 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 Clyde in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	48	8 of 10	6
2010s	59	10 of 10	6
2020s	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Clyde 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 3 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #279 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Clyde'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
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 3 registrars between 1969 and 2024, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #279, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 55 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 3 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.

Dionne · #279, 37y
Adrianna · #278, 30y
Charlee · #278, 29y
Elis · #280, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Muna · #279, 53y
Carine · #278, 31y
Ruta · #280, 37y
Judy · #277, 57y

Clyde was ranked #279 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1972. 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.

Clyde 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 Clyde without appearing here.

Clyde moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #4685.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Clyde

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2174 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2087.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2693.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #2125.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Clyde

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clyde went from #2357 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clyde went from #2357 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clyde went from #2357 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clyde went from #2357 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Clyde

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clyde went from #2357 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clyde went from #2357 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clyde went from #2357 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Clyde went from #2357 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 3 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #279 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Clyde

Clyde at a glance

What stands out in Clyde's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Clyde across 2 official records

Clyde by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Clyde appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Clyde at a glance

What stands out in Clyde's record

Clyde across 2 official records

Clyde by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Clyde appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Clyde

Clyde and the names beside it

Clyde moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Clyde

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