girls:
4.6k births since 1897
#2517 (56th percentile)
boys:
67 births since 1922
#4519 (1st percentile)
overall:
4.6k births since 1897
#4010 (48th percentile)
The name Clover is the #4,010 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,637 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 48.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,517 (56.0% percentile) for all time with 4,570 births since 1897. For boys, it ranks #4,519 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 67 births since 1922.
Clover first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (1897 for girls and 1922 for boys). Birth data for Clover is available in 109 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023 (109 years for girls and 10 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Clover has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Clover reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 41.6% percentile (ranked #553) with 248 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 248 births per million (ranked 41.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1995, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Clover is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #553 (41.6% percentile) with 248 births per million.
For boys, Clover reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #906) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1925, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Clover ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 89.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Clover".
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