Cleve

Last seen for girls in 1930 at #4,550 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1885 · 69 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,506
since 1882

Cleve over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cleve has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #190, 1885boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023——
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
2013—#12,1365
2012——
2011——
2010—#12,2315
2009—#8,3109
2008——
2007—#8,9158
2006—#12,0555
2005—#11,4725
2004—#11,3565
2003—#10,8945
2002——
2001——
2000—#8,2097
1999—#7,8747
1998——
1997—#9,2655
1996—#6,4968
1995—#6,4078
1994—#5,10911
1993—#5,36010
1992—#3,45918
1991—#2,75324
1990—#4,16713
1989—#3,32517
1988—#3,35015
1987—#3,95911
1986—#3,44013
1985—#2,94216
1984—#2,29222
1983—#2,20823
1982—#2,83116
1981—#2,56918
1980—#1,69534
1979—#2,46519
1978—#1,79429
1977—#1,49038
1976—#1,87326
1975—#2,13421
1974—#1,69228
1973—#1,81724
1972—#1,28542
1971—#1,49433
1970—#1,43534
1969—#1,32636
1968—#1,47828
1967—#1,36431
1966—#1,17840
1965—#1,31834
1964—#1,31136
1963—#1,15145
1962—#1,09149
1961—#1,05954
1960—#1,13947
1959—#93967
1958—#96961
1957—#1,02255
1956—#94063
1955—#90667
1954—#80780
1953—#86369
1952—#82173
1951—#76683
1950—#85064
1949—#82468
1948—#76678
1947—#76980
1946—#98047
1945—#96045
1944—#90649
1943—#89356
1942—#91053
1941—#1,05138
1940—#1,03139
1939—#95443
1938—#86951
1937—#1,03138
1936—#83253
1935—#89450
1934—#79261
1933—#82157
1932—#87453
1931—#99744
1930#4,5505#99047
1929—#93052
1928#4,1956#81864
1927—#96452
1926—#91654
1925#4,4266#95650
1924—#94455
1923—#95452
1922—#86363
1921—#89061
1920—#83565
1919—#87757
1918#4,2916#84161
1917—#80461
1916—#78162
1915—#75962
1914—#67357
1913—#89730
1912—#65941
1911—#64423
1910—#51230
1909—#57421
1908—#58519
1907—#47224
1906—#54718
1905—#59216
1904—#61214
1903—#57615
1902—#53616
1901—#59612
1900—#62316
1899—#52114
1898—#52316
1897—#37525
1896—#50017
1895—#50116
1894—#35826
1893—#33028
1892—#31235
1891—#34924
1890—#42418
1889—#37922
1888—#26944
1887—#27634
1886—#28336
1885—#19069
1884—#20465
1883—#52712
1882—#51413
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Cleve! It came in at #514, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1997–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cleve is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Cleve
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
  • Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1884 (#527 → #204)
  • Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1913 (#659 → #897)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1885 at #190 (69 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1882–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,562
  • Highest: 1 in 1,562 boys born in 1885 were named Cleve (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 378,316 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.1% of all boys named Cleve (682) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s295#190 (1885)#330
1890s219#312 (1892)#419
1900s171#472 (1907)#571
1910s484#512 (1910)#745
1920s568#818 (1928)#907
1930s497#792 (1934)#905
1940s553#766 (1948)#909
1950s682#766 (1951)#888
1960s400#1,059 (1961)#1,242
1970s294#1,285 (1972)#1,748
1980s185#1,695 (1980)#2,861
1990s104#2,753 (1991)#5,654
2000s44#8,209 (2000)#10,173
2010s10#12,136 (2013)#12,184

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.

Cleve in 1892

boys
#312
35 births · 1 in 3,487 boys

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #312Cleve35
More about 1892

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 3,487 of them was named Cleve, which outranked 75.2% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleve
  1. #309Mitchell36
  2. #309Neil36
  3. #309Randolph36
  4. #312Cleve35
  5. #312Aubrey35
  6. #312Milo35
  7. #312Neal35
  8. #319Lucius34
  9. #320Allan33
  10. #320Ferdinand33

Tied with 6 names at #312; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →