Cleon
Last seen for girls in 1942 at #4,622 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 94.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1903 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,000since 1884
Cleon over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,255 | 9 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #10,662 | 6 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,409 | 37 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,696 | 27 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,330 | 40 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,051 | 60 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,075 | 52 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,428 | 29 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,852 | 19 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,665 | 23 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,634 | 24 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,362 | 32 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,503 | 26 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,525 | 25 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,407 | 28 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,364 | 28 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,616 | 21 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,280 | 32 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,190 | 37 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,327 | 28 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,227 | 29 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,370 | 24 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,053 | 41 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | — | #1,091 | 36 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | — | #963 | 43 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | #906 | 46 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | — | #853 | 54 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #946 | 44 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #888 | 52 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #892 | 55 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | #952 | 50 |
| 1928 | — | #891 | 56 | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1926 | — | #1,108 | 41 | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #814 | 66 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #859 | 64 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #976 | 50 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #871 | 62 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #772 | 75 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #911 | 57 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #850 | 60 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | #918 | 52 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #964 | 45 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #1,013 | 40 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,015 | 39 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #884 | 38 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,083 | 8 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #956 | 6 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cleon! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cleon
- 727 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #9,714)
- 2,648 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #9,714)
- Biggest jump: 520 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #825)
- Biggest drop: 549 spots in 1904 (#656 → #1,205)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1903 at #656 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1917–1925
- Highest: 1 in 9,936 boys born in 1903 were named Cleon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.8% of all boys named Cleon (565) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1906, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #848 (1884) | #902 |
| 1890s | 23 | #907 (1893) | #992 |
| 1900s | 59 | #656 (1903) | #1,025 |
| 1910s | 342 | #850 (1919) | #998 |
| 1920s | 565 | #772 (1921) | #921 |
| 1930s | 450 | #853 (1934) | #962 |
| 1940s | 311 | #1,053 (1943) | #1,258 |
| 1950s | 257 | #1,362 (1956) | #1,518 |
| 1960s | 225 | #1,075 (1969) | #1,805 |
| 1970s | 323 | #1,051 (1970) | #1,753 |
| 1980s | 134 | #2,426 (1982) | #3,466 |
| 1990s | 123 | #3,246 (1993) | #5,341 |
| 2000s | 69 | #5,131 (2002) | #8,996 |
| 2010s | 62 | #7,066 (2015) | #9,549 |
| 2020s | 41 | #7,768 (2022) | #8,888 |
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.
Cleon in 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 124,909 of them was named Cleon, which outranked 14.0% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 520 names at #3,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 16,534 of them was named Cleon, which outranked 73.3% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).