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Clyde
Pronounced /klʌɪd/
Rank in 2024
#728
Born in 2024
359
Peak year
1920 · #68
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 359 boys were named Clyde, about 1 in every 4,778.
- It peaked in 1920 with 3,069 babies, ranked #68.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 144,635 boys 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.
- 2.8Greatest1901–27
- 1.9Silent1928–45
- 0.9Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 47,552 babies, 2.84 per 1,000. Silent: 40,019 babies, 1.94 per 1,000. Boomers: 32,154 babies, 0.86 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,075 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,699 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,165 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,861 babies, 0.18 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.