Cline
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 857since 1894
Cline over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cline has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,323 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,254 | 29 |
| 1931 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,565 | 23 |
| 1925 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,648 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1894
The first year at least five boys were named Cline! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cline is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Cline 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 2022
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1905 at #1,002 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 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 18,901
- Highest: 1 in 18,901 boys born in 1905 were named Cline (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 291,001 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.5% of all boys named Cline (184) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,074 (1894) | #1,074 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,228 |
| 1910s | 152 | #1,260 (1914) | #1,590 |
| 1920s | 184 | #1,522 (1928) | #1,884 |
| 1930s | 163 | #1,254 (1932) | #1,870 |
| 1940s | 125 | #1,730 (1942) | #2,149 |
| 1950s | 90 | #2,321 (1950) | #2,802 |
| 1960s | 43 | #2,673 (1963) | #3,377 |
| 1970s | 13 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,493 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 24 | #9,788 (2007) | #10,332 |
| 2010s | 24 | #8,744 (2015) | #10,984 |
| 2020s | 12 | #10,605 (2020) | #10,734 |
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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