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How popular is the name Clive?
Births per year, rank history and how many Clives are alive today.
Clive (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 9 in 2024, ranked 2444th. The name peaked in 1964, when around 1,700 babies were given the name, the 58th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2024 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 66,000 babies have been named Clive in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Clive you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Clives born in England and Wales are between 53 and 73, and there are at least 55,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 17% chance that at least one of them will be called Clive.
How many babies are named Clive each year?
Where does Clive rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Clive most popular?
Clive peaked in 1964, when around 1,700 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Clive?
At least 55,000 people named Clive born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Clive?
Most living Clives are between 53 and 73; the most common age is about 62.
Is Clive becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.