Nameclover answers one question with real records: how rare is your name? Every number on this site is computed from official government birth-name data, the U.S. Social Security Administration’s records back to 1880 and the Office for National Statistics data for England & Wales. Nothing is estimated where a count exists, and where we do estimate, we say so and show the method.
A four-leaf clover is a real, countable rarity: roughly one clover in five thousand. That’s the standard we hold name claims to. When this site says your name is rarer than finding a four-leaf clover, the arithmetic is one click away.
No invented meanings, no destiny readings, no numbers we can’t reproduce from the sources. Where an origin is uncertain, the page says so; disagreement between references is content, not a problem to smooth over.
Nameclover is researched and written by its founder, who’d rather the names get the attention. Everything signs as Nameclover. If a fact or a source looks wrong, it matters: the methodology page explains exactly how each figure is made, so you can check us.
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