Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Clovis

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Clovis
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1917

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19172024

Peak year

1917

Decline from peak

86.9%

2024

All-time

3,070

Clovis has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1917, when 84 boys were named Clovis.

In 2024, only 11 boys were given the name.

Down 86.9% from its peak.

All told, about 3,070 Americans have been named Clovis and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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