Meaning and history
This name comes from the River Clyde in Scotland, whose name derives from the Cumbric Clud of uncertain origin. It became a common given name in America in the mid-19th century, possibly in honor of Colin Campbell (1792–1863), who was made Baron Clyde in 1858.
20062006: 129 births, rank #1,289
2007: 141 births, rank #1,246
2008: 143 births, rank #1,224
2009: 140 births, rank #1,257
2010: 137 births, rank #1,267
20112011: 154 births, rank #1,159
2012: 158 births, rank #1,155
2013: 196 births, rank #999
2014: 285 births, rank #806
2015: 288 births, rank #802
20162016: 298 births, rank #794
2017: 350 births, rank #704
2018: 328 births, rank #729
2019: 299 births, rank #779
2020: 348 births, rank #715
20212021: 352 births, rank #731
2022: 395 births, rank #684
2023: 368 births, rank #721
2024: 362 births, rank #728
20252025: 350 births, rank #742
Clyde moved from #728 to #743 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 3,069 births.