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Clyde

Pronounced /klʌɪd/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1917 · #613
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:359 in 2024 (#728)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Clyde in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1917 with 124 babies, ranked #613.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 3,932 girls have been named Clyde since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Clyde per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,138 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Silent: 706 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 269 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 56 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Scottish Gaelic Cluaidh, the name of a river in Scotland, of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by clut (“the cleansing one”).

  • (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the place name (the River Clyde in Scotland).
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/klʌɪd/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Clyde, CC BY-SA 4.0.