Cleon

Where Cleon comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn), from κλέω (kléō, “to recount, celebrate”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cleon
  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #848 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1903
    Peak, #656
    12 babies named Cleon — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1904
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,205.
  4. 1907
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 1942
    Cleon Jones born
    American baseball player
  6. 1945
    Cleon Turner born
    American politician
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Cleon Jones · American baseball player, born 1942
  • Cleon Turner · American politician, born 1945

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.