Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from Old English clif, meaning “cliff,” originally referring to someone who lived near a cliff.
20062006: 38 births, rank #2,932
2007: 45 births, rank #2,684
2008: 49 births, rank #2,542
2009: 56 births, rank #2,320
2010: 57 births, rank #2,262
20112011: 53 births, rank #2,376
2012: 67 births, rank #2,049
2013: 56 births, rank #2,278
2014: 77 births, rank #1,884
2015: 82 births, rank #1,815
20162016: 85 births, rank #1,788
2017: 67 births, rank #2,065
2018: 82 births, rank #1,838
2019: 64 births, rank #2,188
2020: 55 births, rank #2,392
20212021: 69 births, rank #2,096
2022: 55 births, rank #2,493
2023: 54 births, rank #2,480
2024: 74 births, rank #2,042
20252025: 57 births, rank #2,390
Clive moved from #901 to #996 for boys between 1931 and 1935. Its highest annual birth count came in 1931, with 51 births.