Meaning and history
Contemporary spelling, via the Latinized form Clodovicus, of the Germanic name Hludwig (see Ludwig). Clovis was a Frankish king who united the Franks under his rule in the 5th century, and the name was later borne by two further Merovingian kings.
20062006: 8 births, rank #8,732
2007: 6 births, rank #10,921
2008: 6 births, rank #11,037
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: 6 births, rank #10,766
20112011: 12 births, rank #6,578
2012: 10 births, rank #7,559
2013: 9 births, rank #8,118
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 6 births, rank #10,644
20162016: 8 births, rank #8,816
2017: 11 births, rank #7,095
2018: 14 births, rank #6,036
2019: 13 births, rank #6,406
2020: 8 births, rank #8,739
20212021: 19 births, rank #4,936
2022: 16 births, rank #5,633
2023: 5 births, rank #12,239
2024: 12 births, rank #6,832
20252025: 21 births, rank #4,707
Clovis rose from #996 to #989 for boys between 1940 and 1941. Its highest annual birth count came in 1917, with 84 births.