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Clovis

#4,734 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Frankish

Clovis has been given to 3,719 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #4,734 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1917, with 84 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% boys, 17% girls all-time.

Babies named Clovis, 2025

1 in 158,000

Clovis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Clovis over time

In 2025, Clovis went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Clovis: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Frankish

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Clovis means

Clovis is a form of Frankish.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from French Clovis, from Frankish *Hlōdowig, the same Germanic source as French Louis, Dutch Lodewijk and German Ludwig, see there for further information. Doublet of Louis and Ludwig. The New Mexican city was named after a Frankish king; the Native American site and culture were named after this city.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Clovis (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Clovis is used in English, French and Norman.

Clovis comes through French Clovis and frk *Hlūdawīg.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Frankish, Louis, Ludwig and Lodewijk.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Clovis is pronounced /ˈkloʊvɪs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,092 boys were recorded with the name Clovis between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 84 in 1917; its best national rank was #634 in 1914.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,889 in 2020 to #4,734 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,931 in 2015 to #4,734 in 2025.

In the United States, 627 girls were recorded with the name Clovis between 1910 and 1963. Its highest annual count was 31 in 1923; its best national rank was #1,469 in 1923.

How common is Clovis?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 81,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,734
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Clovis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Clovis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cloviss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Clovis was born before 1934 — so the typical Clovis is around 91 today.

Median birth year
1934
About 91 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
21.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.2%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
937
People you could plausibly meet
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1920s — 21.1% of all recorded uses (653).

Is Clovis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,173
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,155
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+6,197
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
25.0%
Peak was 1917 (84)
Years since peak
108
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#634
1914

Spellings of Clovis

Clovis is not the most common spelling — Louis is, with 91.9% against Clovis's 0.70%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Clovis is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Clovis was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 69,858 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

06 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 16,667
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 20,000
  3. 3Oklahoma1 in 20,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 33,333
  5. 5West Virginia1 in 50,000
  6. 6Alabama1 in 100,000
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 100,000
  8. 8New Mexico1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Clovis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Clovis is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Clovis was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 268,709 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 100,000
  2. 2Arkansas1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Louisiana1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Clovis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Clovis around the world

Where Clovis ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2017
    #3,996
    in 2017
  • France
    1900–2025
    #514
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #1,536
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1979–1979
    #486
    in 1979

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Clovis

People whose public names include Clovis, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Clovis in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Clovis. Linked forms have their own page here.

LuisLewisLouisLuigiLudvigLudvikLudwigLudwikLudovicLudovicoLoïcLuísLajosLewysLluísLoeizLoïckChlodwigClodoveo

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Clovis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,734
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,155
Best rank ever
#634
1914
Peak year
1917
84 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,092
Count in 2025
21

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,469
1923
Peak year
1923
31 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
1963
All-time count
627
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Clovis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

TrevisCloydCloudTavisCloyceAlvisJarvisJavisCloisCloverMarvisPurvisChavisPervisElvisCloydeDavisLevisOrvisTarvisDarvisGarvisArvisJervis

Names with a curve like Clovis

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Clovis, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AudreyNewellHaskellArvidMurryCloydCarlyleNorwoodElwynRudolfVesterOlan

Sibling names for Clovis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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