Cleave
- Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 403since 1885
Cleave over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cleave has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
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| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five boys were named Cleave! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Cleave is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Cleave in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 90 spots in 1890
- Biggest drop: 79 spots in 1891
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #836 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1888–1892
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,538
- Highest: 1 in 16,538 boys born in 1894 were named Cleave (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,322 boys born in 1972 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #836 in 1885, was only 1 in 17,967 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 26.6% of all boys named Cleave (107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17 | #836 (1885) | #909 |
| 1890s | 24 | #857 (1894) | #915 |
| 1900s | 15 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,296 |
| 1910s | 77 | #1,387 (1911) | #2,208 |
| 1920s | 107 | #1,885 (1920) | #2,747 |
| 1930s | 63 | #2,088 (1937) | #2,881 |
| 1940s | 33 | #2,690 (1946) | #3,098 |
| 1950s | 57 | #2,438 (1950) | #3,206 |
| 1960s | 5 | #3,948 (1966) | #3,948 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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