Cleda

Last seen for girls in 1965 at #5,817

Peak · girls
1903 · 15 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,392
since 1888

Cleda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cleda has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #896, 1903girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1965#5,8176
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1962#6,5785
1961#4,5469
1960#5,1687
1959#5,5666
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1957#3,69611
1956#4,1619
1955#3,77810
1954#2,69517
1953#4,2268
1952#4,9086
1951#5,4145
1950#3,42310
1949#2,99912
1948#2,41617
1947#2,53016
1946#2,15319
1945#2,23715
1944#2,19916
1943#3,04010
1942#2,11717
1941#1,81020
1940#1,79220
1939#1,40128
1938#1,34330
1937#1,73520
1936#1,20635
1935#1,11939
1934#1,34429
1933#1,72320
1932#1,26833
1931#1,45926
1930#1,56925
1929#1,48727
1928#1,42530
1927#1,19442
1926#1,77223
1925#1,15045
1924#1,22742
1923#1,35034
1922#1,20741
1921#1,22240
1920#1,13244
1919#1,27036
1918#1,10244
1917#96452
1916#1,18936
1915#1,11537
1914#1,26224
1913#1,02028
1912#1,08023
1911#1,11316
1910#1,33512
1909#1,29011
1908#1,00416
1907#99015
1906#1,9515
1905#1,09312
1904#1,09211
1903#89615
1902#1,2199
1901#1,06710
1900#1,10612
1899#1,5965
1898#1,2638
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1896#1,5835
1895#1,1239
1894#1,2377
1893#1,4375
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Cleda! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cleda is popular in 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #623 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,571 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedNEMissouri: #500 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,430 girlsMOKentucky: #432 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,531 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,129 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Cleda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#432 · 1 in 4,531
  2. Oklahoma#490 · 1 in 5,129
  3. Missouri#500 · 1 in 6,430
  4. Pennsylvania#623 · 1 in 16,571

Best ever in a state: #233 in Kansas, 1913.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Cleda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
  • Biggest jump: 961 spots in 1907 (#1,951 → #990)
  • Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1904 (#896 → #1,092)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1903 at #896 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1906, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1903–1917
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,465
  • Highest: 1 in 17,465 girls born in 1903 were named Cleda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 294,194 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.4% of all girls named Cleda (368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s39#1,123 (1895)#1,373
1900s116#896 (1903)#1,171
1910s308#964 (1917)#1,145
1920s368#1,132 (1920)#1,317
1930s285#1,119 (1935)#1,417
1940s162#1,792 (1940)#2,329
1950s82#2,695 (1954)#4,207
1960s27#4,546 (1961)#5,527

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cleda in 1924

girls
#1,227
42 births · 1 in 29,735 girls

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #1,227Cleda42
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 29,735 of them was named Cleda, which outranked 79.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleda
  1. #1,206Shirlie43
  2. #1,206Simone43
  3. #1,206Thalia43
  4. #1,227Cleda42
  5. #1,227Atha42
  6. #1,227Bobbye42
  7. #1,227Cleone42
  8. #1,244Aiko41
  9. #1,244Alvena41
  10. #1,244Buelah41

Tied with 16 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
  2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
  3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
  4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
  5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
  2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
  3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
  5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1924 →