Cleven
- Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 583since 1908
Cleven over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cleven has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| rank | births | |
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| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
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| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
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| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | — | |
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| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
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First appearance
1908
The first year at least five boys were named Cleven! It came in at #1,373, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cleven is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Cleven in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1908 at #1,373 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 30,867
- Highest: 1 in 30,867 boys born in 1908 were named Cleven (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 333,488 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.3% of all boys named Cleven (124) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 66 | #1,949 (1916) | #2,365 |
| 1920s | 124 | #1,694 (1920) | #2,652 |
| 1930s | 119 | #1,716 (1932) | #2,194 |
| 1940s | 82 | #2,195 (1944) | #2,579 |
| 1950s | 98 | #2,186 (1953) | #2,703 |
| 1960s | 50 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,364 |
| 1970s | 27 | #3,071 (1970) | #4,400 |
| 1980s | 12 | #5,561 (1984) | #6,251 |
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.
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