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

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Peak · boys
1903 · 12 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,000
since 1884

Cleon over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #1,931, 1905peak #656, 1903girlsboys
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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#9,7147
2024#8,9878
2023#8,2559
2022#7,76810
2021#9,7147
2020
2019#12,1455
2018#12,1565
2017
2016#7,60510
2015#7,06611
2014#9,6427
2013#12,1365
2012
2011#7,50210
2010#8,1399
2009#10,9946
2008
2007#12,3675
2006#10,6626
2005#6,63411
2004#8,1438
2003#9,5816
2002#5,13114
2001#8,3397
2000#9,1126
1999#5,65611
1998#6,8438
1997#4,96012
1996#7,1367
1995#3,30320
1994#7,7706
1993#3,24620
1992#3,92015
1991#7,2716
1990#3,30918
1989#4,01713
1988#4,16211
1987#3,33914
1986#3,00516
1985#3,07015
1984#4,2159
1983#4,1419
1982#2,42620
1981#3,03014
1980#3,25613
1979#2,56818
1978#2,37519
1977#2,55617
1976#1,57234
1975#1,32243
1974#1,40937
1973#1,69627
1972#1,64828
1971#1,33040
1970#1,05160
1969#1,07552
1968#1,50627
1967#1,90617
1966#1,42829
1965#1,91817
1964#2,31013
1963#1,69522
1962#1,85219
1961#2,24214
1960#2,12115
1959#1,66523
1958#1,59324
1957#1,63424
1956#1,36232
1955#1,50326
1954#1,52525
1953#1,50825
1952#1,61522
1951#1,40728
1950#1,36428
1949#1,61621
1948#1,28032
1947#1,19037
1946#1,32728
1945#1,22729
1944#1,37024
1943#1,05341
1942#4,6225#1,24431
1941#1,09136
1940#1,18332
1939#1,03338
1938#96343
1937#4,2555#1,05637
1936#3,1038#90646
1935#4,2045#1,16532
1934#85354
1933#3,7536#94644
1932#4,4115#88852
1931#2,9729#92249
1930#3,3458#89255
1929#3,3948#95250
1928#89156
1927#3,05310#1,06044
1926#1,10841
1925#3,11610#81466
1924#3,6658#85964
1923#2,91711#97650
1922#4,4456#87162
1921#2,94111#77275
1920#4,9755#91157
1919#2,81311#85060
1918#3,2449#91852
1917#2,69311#96445
1916#3,9196#1,01340
1915#4,2745#1,01539
1914#2,8767#88438
1913#3,1875#87131
1912#1,05919
1911#2,4635#98212
1910#1,4216
1909#1,0838
1908#82511
1907#1,3455
1906#1,9515
1905#1,9315#1,0916
1904#1,2055
1903#65612
1902#1,1375
1901#8587
1900
1899
1898#1,0026
1897
1896#1,1015
1895
1894
1893#9076
1892#9566
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885#9365
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

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
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1903 at #656 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1917–1925
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,936
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.8% of all boys named Cleon (565) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1907
  • Mostly girls until 1906, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#848 (1884)#902
1890s23#907 (1893)#992
1900s59#656 (1903)#1,025
1910s342#850 (1919)#998
1920s565#772 (1921)#921
1930s450#853 (1934)#962
1940s311#1,053 (1943)#1,258
1950s257#1,362 (1956)#1,518
1960s225#1,075 (1969)#1,805
1970s323#1,051 (1970)#1,753
1980s134#2,426 (1982)#3,466
1990s123#3,246 (1993)#5,341
2000s69#5,131 (2002)#8,996
2010s62#7,066 (2015)#9,549
2020s41#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 1947

boys
#1,190
37 births · 1 in 49,449 boys

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,190Cleon37
More about 1947

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 49,449 of them was named Cleon, which outranked 72.1% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleon
  1. #1,176Reese38
  2. #1,176Ronney38
  3. #1,176Valentin38
  4. #1,190Cleon37
  5. #1,190Brenda37
  6. #1,190Dante37
  7. #1,190Davey37
  8. #1,213Angus36
  9. #1,213Arvil36
  10. #1,213Auther36

Tied with 22 names at #1,190; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 1,271Brock#2,271#1,000
  2. 586Shawn#1,509#923
  3. 500Jed#1,475#975
  4. 358Jody#935#577
  5. 355Deryl#1,355#1,000
Fallers
  1. 497Hurley#952#1,449
  2. 393Prentice#878#1,271
  3. 362Darvin#935#1,297
  4. 310Lary#826#1,136
  5. 303Judith#856#1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1947