Cleveland

Where Cleveland comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cleveland.

Cleveland through the years
  1. 1838
    Cleveland Abbe born
    American meteorologist and advocate of time zones
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys, with 11 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1884
    Around this time: Grover Cleveland elected president
    Event, 1884 · Source
  4. 1884
    Peak, #92
    174 babies named Cleveland, its best rank.
  5. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #160.
  6. 1917
    Cleveland Amory born
    American writer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Cleveland Abbe · American meteorologist and advocate of time zones, 1838–1916
  • Cleveland Amory · American writer, 1917–1998
  • Cleveland Eaton · American musician, 1939–2020
  • Cleveland Moffett · American journalist and writer, 1863–1926
  • Cleveland Williams · American boxer, 1933–1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.