Cleva
- Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 561since 1884
Cleva over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Cleva has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
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| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
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| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
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| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
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| 1885 | #793 | 8 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | — | |
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First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Cleva! It came in at #731, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cleva is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Cleva in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Cleva
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
- Biggest drop: 62 spots in 1885
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #731 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,335
- Highest: 1 in 14,335 girls born in 1884 were named Cleva (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,692 girls born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 25.8% of all girls named Cleva (145) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 23 | #731 (1884) | #887 |
| 1890s | 13 | #1,171 (1892) | #1,337 |
| 1900s | 59 | #1,162 (1905) | #1,553 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,600 (1918) | #2,242 |
| 1920s | 145 | #1,897 (1922) | #2,514 |
| 1930s | 122 | #2,052 (1933) | #2,470 |
| 1940s | 64 | #2,572 (1940) | #3,427 |
| 1950s | 16 | #5,148 (1954) | #5,782 |
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.
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