Boy
Clyde
The name Clyde carries the meaning "Named for the River Clyde", with roots in Scottish. It belongs mostly to the 1920s at this point. These days, it is familiar to most people. 1920 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
ScottishNamed for the River Clyde
Births by decade
1900s
5,093
1910s
20,805
1920s
29,792
1930s
22,849
1940s
20,960
1950s
18,032
1960s
9,132
1970s
4,413
1980s
2,811
1990s
1,686
2000s
1,301
2010s
1,853
Peaked in the 1920s · 138,727 total U.S. births since 1900