Cleora

Last seen for girls in 1982 at #10,517

Peak · girls
1883 · 8 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,712
since 1883

Cleora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cleora has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #692, 1883girls
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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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1982#10,5175
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1962#5,8606
1961#6,5675
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1959#6,2455
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1957#4,5368
1956#5,3256
1955#4,0699
1954#2,88915
1953#4,2268
1952#4,1238
1951#2,93713
1950#4,3157
1949#4,6736
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1947#2,76914
1946#2,88012
1945#2,45813
1944#2,09617
1943#2,25116
1942#1,70624
1941#2,27214
1940#1,90018
1939#1,94717
1938#1,75220
1937#2,31713
1936#1,32130
1935#1,66321
1934#1,26332
1933#1,65821
1932#1,42128
1931#1,31431
1930#1,12843
1929#1,13742
1928#1,42530
1927#1,36235
1926#1,35734
1925#89568
1924#1,04655
1923#92862
1922#1,05951
1921#96958
1920#93960
1919#95455
1918#86968
1917#85964
1916#86762
1915#87456
1914#86446
1913#1,06726
1912#80938
1911#1,00719
1910#1,06917
1909#84523
1908#97017
1907#87119
1906#87218
1905#77722
1904#88017
1903#81318
1902#90315
1901#77118
1900#1,23110
1899#1,03410
1898#1,3797
1897#76117
1896#1,2927
1895#85814
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1893#1,2776
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1891#1,3325
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1888#1,0367
1887#1,1475
1886#1,1085
1885#7938
1884#1,0245
1883#6928
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Cleora! It came in at #692, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cleora is popular in 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedINOhio: #496 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,054 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedKSArkansas: #479 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,126 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Cleora, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#479 · 1 in 4,126
  2. Ohio#496 · 1 in 9,054

Best ever in a state: #305 in Kansas, 1916.

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See more about Cleora
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
  • Biggest jump: 531 spots in 1897 (#1,292 → #761)
  • Biggest drop: 618 spots in 1898 (#761 → #1,379)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #692 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1901–1909
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,255
  • Highest: 1 in 13,255 girls born in 1905 were named Cleora (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 338,665 girls born in 1982 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #692 in 1883, was only 1 in 14,040 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.9% of all girls named Cleora (495) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38#692 (1883)#967
1890s66#761 (1897)#1,133
1900s177#771 (1901)#893
1910s451#809 (1912)#924
1920s495#895 (1925)#1,112
1930s256#1,128 (1930)#1,578
1940s134#1,706 (1942)#2,556
1950s79#2,889 (1954)#4,296
1960s11#5,860 (1962)#6,214
1970s0——
1980s5#10,517 (1982)#10,517

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.

Cleora in 1926

girls
#1,357
34 births · 1 in 34,865 girls

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #1,357Cleora34
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 34,865 of them was named Cleora, which outranked 75.9% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleora
  1. #1,325Vinnie35
  2. #1,325Virgia35
  3. #1,325Willow35
  4. #1,357Cleora34
  5. #1,357Adah34
  6. #1,357Anthony34
  7. #1,357Ardyce34
  8. #1,388Agness33
  9. #1,388Alfred33
  10. #1,388Arlena33

Tied with 30 names at #1,357; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →