Cleola

Last seen for girls in 1976 at #8,156

Peak · girls
1909 · 17 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,196
since 1896

Cleola over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cleola has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #990, 1909girls
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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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1976#8,1566
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1966#6,5645
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1963#5,8916
1962#6,5785
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1960#5,1687
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1958#4,8907
1957#3,93010
1956#4,1619
1955#4,0699
1954#3,32512
1953#3,68710
1952#3,04013
1951#2,93713
1950#3,42310
1949#2,72614
1948#2,49116
1947#2,14621
1946#2,59714
1945#1,87420
1944#1,80822
1943#1,94920
1942#2,41614
1941#2,19015
1940#1,79220
1939#1,88118
1938#2,11315
1937#1,63022
1936#1,50724
1935#1,60622
1934#1,34429
1933#1,55223
1932#1,68521
1931#1,45926
1930#1,74821
1929#1,64223
1928#1,31034
1927#1,72824
1926#1,27937
1925#1,10148
1924#1,24441
1923#1,52029
1922#1,57528
1921#1,34135
1920#1,75123
1919#1,15541
1918#1,45129
1917#1,24134
1916#1,53324
1915#1,15335
1914#1,34422
1913#1,15123
1912#1,11722
1911#2,1916
1910#1,52110
1909#99017
1908#1,00416
1907#1,09213
1906#1,10112
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1904#1,17010
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1902#1,5946
1901#1,3397
1900#1,4318
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1898#1,3797
1897#1,2637
1896#1,4166
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five girls were named Cleola! It came in at #1,416, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Cleola is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
  • Biggest jump: 14 spots in 1909 (#1,004 → #990)
  • Biggest drop: 531 spots in 1910 (#990 → #1,521)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1909 at #990 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1911, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1909
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,425
  • Highest: 1 in 20,425 girls born in 1909 were named Cleola (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,183 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Cleola (322) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s20#1,263 (1897)#1,353
1900s89#990 (1909)#1,215
1910s246#1,117 (1912)#1,386
1920s322#1,101 (1925)#1,449
1930s221#1,344 (1934)#1,653
1940s176#1,792 (1940)#2,199
1950s93#2,937 (1951)#3,718
1960s23#5,168 (1960)#6,050
1970s6#8,156 (1976)#8,156

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.

Cleola in 1909

girls
#990
17 births · 1 in 20,425 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #990Cleola17
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 20,425 of them was named Cleola, which outranked 61.1% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleola
  1. #961Nella18
  2. #961Reatha18
  3. #961Zada18
  4. #990Cleola17
  5. #990Adelle17
  6. #990Aimee17
  7. #990Anner17
  8. #1,015Ammie16
  9. #1,015Antonetta16
  10. #1,015Arietta16

Tied with 24 names at #990; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →