Cleveland

Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 174 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,945
since 1880

Cleveland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #92, 1884boys
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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—#7,19411
2024—#6,46913
2023—#7,28911
2022—#6,82812
2021—#4,62821
2020—#4,69820
2019—#4,63921
2018—#4,35423
2017—#3,78128
2016—#4,32723
2015—#4,08025
2014—#3,89126
2013—#4,31322
2012—#3,37132
2011—#2,74843
2010—#3,07237
2009—#2,99139
2008—#3,10337
2007—#2,81142
2006—#2,78441
2005—#2,43347
2004—#2,74138
2003—#2,12852
2002—#1,72367
2001—#1,80062
2000—#2,04949
1999—#1,73359
1998—#1,70060
1997—#1,62862
1996—#1,53365
1995—#1,44868
1994—#1,34575
1993—#1,20587
1992—#1,30175
1991—#1,11796
1990—#1,08696
1989—#975110
1988—#1,03291
1987—#99691
1986—#93795
1985—#95092
1984—#811116
1983—#763128
1982—#777129
1981—#813116
1980—#744139
1979—#770126
1978#9,7505#778117
1977—#741133
1976—#744125
1975—#673150
1974—#668147
1973—#608170
1972—#669144
1971—#605189
1970—#575197
1969—#580181
1968—#598161
1967—#530196
1966#6,5645#561185
1965—#518219
1964#6,0096#533215
1963#5,8916#556202
1962—#561198
1961—#504249
1960—#501249
1959#6,2455#501243
1958—#487259
1957—#451292
1956—#417325
1955—#403327
1954—#401319
1953—#382330
1952#5,5635#379326
1951—#381318
1950—#373330
1949—#374323
1948—#374328
1947#4,0078#360360
1946—#370305
1945—#353283
1944—#346296
1943—#360289
1942—#366274
1941#3,5597#370247
1940—#348265
1939#3,4297#345259
1938—#357242
1937—#346246
1936—#364222
1935#3,4317#341259
1934#3,8026#374211
1933—#343245
1932—#339265
1931—#356244
1930—#327287
1929—#365244
1928—#344276
1927#4,8055#319325
1926#4,8515#313326
1925—#335296
1924—#311339
1923#4,9675#313336
1922#5,0095#307346
1921—#316339
1920—#302356
1919—#286354
1918—#313321
1917—#317287
1916—#336252
1915—#337244
1914—#310214
1913—#301173
1912—#286156
1911—#241110
1910—#225108
1909—#24083
1908—#28159
1907—#25666
1906—#27053
1905—#26854
1904—#30042
1903—#29242
1902—#25652
1901—#32530
1900—#23972
1899—#27639
1898—#32435
1897—#28839
1896—#24356
1895—#25151
1894—#24050
1893—#20866
1892—#19082
1891—#22750
1890—#22156
1889—#21160
1888—#17287
1887—#21054
1886—#16087
1885—#98147
1884—#92174
1883—#27935
1882—#28835
1881—#50312
1880—#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Cleveland was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

Where Cleveland is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Cleveland
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 725 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #7,194)
  • 2,496 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #7,194)
  • 3,114 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #7,194)
  • Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1882 (#503 → #288)
  • Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1985 (#811 → #950)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #92 (174 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1884–1885
  • Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1880–1987
Share of babies · boys
1 in 658
  • Highest: 1 in 658 boys born in 1884 were named Cleveland (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.5% of all boys named Cleveland (3,183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s702#92 (1884)#258
1890s524#190 (1892)#247
1900s553#239 (1900)#273
1910s2,219#225 (1910)#295
1920s3,183#302 (1920)#323
1930s2,480#327 (1930)#349
1940s2,970#346 (1944)#362
1950s3,069#373 (1950)#418
1960s2,055#501 (1960)#544
1970s1,498#575 (1970)#683
1980s1,107#744 (1980)#880
1990s743#1,086 (1990)#1,410
2000s474#1,723 (2002)#2,456
2010s280#2,748 (2011)#3,858
2020s88#4,628 (2021)#6,184

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.

Cleveland in 1896

boys
#243
56 births · 1 in 2,135 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #243Cleveland56
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 2,135 of them was named Cleveland, which outranked 80.8% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleveland
  1. #240Grady57
  2. #240Julian57
  3. #240Mary57
  4. #243Cleveland56
  5. #243Loyd56
  6. #243Tony56
  7. #246Ervin55
  8. #246Wayne55
  9. #248Ike54

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 533Hobert#795 → #262
  2. ↑ 528Cicero#1,079 → #551
  3. ↑ 528Earley#1,079 → #551
  4. ↑ 516Tomas#978 → #462
  5. ↑ 492Bryant#872 → #380
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Talmage#529 → #1,101
  2. ↓ 545Bernie#556 → #1,101
  3. ↓ 545Mathias#556 → #1,101
  4. ↓ 522Orlando#579 → #1,101
  5. ↓ 522Rogers#579 → #1,101

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

See the top 100 for 1896 →