Cleva

Last seen for girls in 1959 at #6,245

Peak · girls
1884 · 9 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
561
since 1884

Cleva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cleva has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #731, 1884girls
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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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1959#6,2455
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1956#5,9525
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1954#5,1486
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1949#4,6736
1948#4,6516
1947#3,24011
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1945#2,74211
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1942#3,4448
1941#2,66811
1940#2,57211
1939#2,9229
1938#2,22514
1937#2,10115
1936#2,52111
1935#2,9269
1934#2,56711
1933#2,05215
1932#2,13015
1931#2,20514
1930#3,0559
1929#2,19115
1928#3,1649
1927#2,16917
1926#1,99719
1925#3,11610
1924#2,51414
1923#2,91711
1922#1,89721
1921#3,16410
1920#2,01519
1919#2,51513
1918#1,60025
1917#1,99617
1916#2,36813
1915#2,14314
1914#3,1886
1913#1,88311
1912#2,6346
1911#2,4635
1910#1,6349
1909#1,6078
1908#1,8626
1907#1,8216
1906#1,7276
1905#1,16211
1904#1,2519
1903#1,3188
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1901#1,6795
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1898#1,5026
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1892#1,1717
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1888#1,1366
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1885#7938
1884#7319
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Cleva! It came in at #731, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Cleva
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
  • Biggest drop: 62 spots in 1885 (#731#793)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #731 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1884–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,335
  • Highest: 1 in 14,335 girls born in 1884 were named Cleva (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 404,692 girls born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.8% of all girls named Cleva (145) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s23#731 (1884)#887
1890s13#1,171 (1892)#1,337
1900s59#1,162 (1905)#1,553
1910s119#1,600 (1918)#2,242
1920s145#1,897 (1922)#2,514
1930s122#2,052 (1933)#2,470
1940s64#2,572 (1940)#3,427
1950s16#5,148 (1954)#5,782

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cleva in 1885

girls
#793
8 births · 1 in 16,632 girls

Top girls' names in 1885

  1. #1Mary9,128
  2. #2Anna3,994
  3. #3Emma2,728
  4. #4Elizabeth2,582
  5. #5Margaret2,204
  6. #6Minnie2,178
  7. #7Clara1,910
  8. #8Bertha1,860
  9. #9Ida1,854
  10. #10Annie1,703
  11. #793Cleva8
More about 1885

girls

133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 16,632 of them was named Cleva, which outranked 33.8% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleva
  1. #745Thomas9
  2. #745Thora9
  3. #745Vinie9
  4. #793Cleva8
  5. #793Aletha8
  6. #793Alicia8
  7. #793Calla8
  8. #842Adelina7
  9. #842Albertina7
  10. #842Almedia7

Tied with 48 names at #793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 467Lonnie#1,024#557
  2. 430Theodora#930#500
  3. 395Malissie#1,024#629
  4. 366Arabella#1,024#658
  5. 366Bina#1,024#658
Fallers
  1. 458Sina#463#921
  2. 433Carlotta#614#1,047
  3. 433Felicia#614#1,047
  4. 433Fronie#614#1,047
  5. 433Paulina#614#1,047

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

See the top 100 for 1885