Clyda vs Clytie
American parents have registered 758 Clydas since 1880, against 301 Clyties. Neither name reached five babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Clyda Clytie
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 69 years in which either name was published, Clyda for 58 years and Clytie for 11 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.
- 1888–1907 Clyda ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1908–1910 Clytie ahead
- 1917–1960 Clyda ahead, apart from one short spell
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Clyda | Clytie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 758 | 301 |
| Most in one year | 23 | 18 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 170 | 30 |
| Median age today | 80 | 86 |
| Peak year | 1924 | 1916 |
| Best rank | 1,811th girls | 1,867th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1886 |
| Girls / boys | 758 / 0 | 301 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Clyties alive today are over 86; half the Clydas are over 80. That is 6 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Clyda and Clytie.