Cleve
Last seen for girls in 1930 at #4,550 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 69 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,506since 1882
Cleve over time
Rank among boys' names. Cleve has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,753 | 24 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,208 | 23 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,569 | 18 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,794 | 29 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,490 | 38 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,285 | 42 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,494 | 33 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,435 | 34 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,326 | 36 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,178 | 40 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,318 | 34 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,311 | 36 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,059 | 54 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,139 | 47 | |
| 1959 | — | #939 | 67 | |
| 1958 | — | #969 | 61 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,022 | 55 | |
| 1956 | — | #940 | 63 | |
| 1955 | — | #906 | 67 | |
| 1954 | — | #807 | 80 | |
| 1953 | — | #863 | 69 | |
| 1952 | — | #821 | 73 | |
| 1951 | — | #766 | 83 | |
| 1950 | — | #850 | 64 | |
| 1949 | — | #824 | 68 | |
| 1948 | — | #766 | 78 | |
| 1947 | — | #769 | 80 | |
| 1946 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1945 | — | #960 | 45 | |
| 1944 | — | #906 | 49 | |
| 1943 | — | #893 | 56 | |
| 1942 | — | #910 | 53 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,031 | 39 | |
| 1939 | — | #954 | 43 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,031 | 38 | |
| 1936 | — | #832 | 53 | |
| 1935 | — | #894 | 50 | |
| 1934 | — | #792 | 61 | |
| 1933 | — | #821 | 57 | |
| 1932 | — | #874 | 53 | |
| 1931 | — | #997 | 44 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #990 | 47 |
| 1929 | — | #930 | 52 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #818 | 64 |
| 1927 | — | #964 | 52 | |
| 1926 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | — | #944 | 55 | |
| 1923 | — | #954 | 52 | |
| 1922 | — | #863 | 63 | |
| 1921 | — | #890 | 61 | |
| 1920 | — | #835 | 65 | |
| 1919 | — | #877 | 57 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #841 | 61 |
| 1917 | — | #804 | 61 | |
| 1916 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1915 | — | #759 | 62 | |
| 1914 | — | #673 | 57 | |
| 1913 | — | #897 | 30 | |
| 1912 | — | #659 | 41 | |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #512 | 30 | |
| 1909 | — | #574 | 21 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #592 | 16 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #623 | 16 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #375 | 25 | |
| 1896 | — | #500 | 17 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #358 | 26 | |
| 1893 | — | #330 | 28 | |
| 1892 | — | #312 | 35 | |
| 1891 | — | #349 | 24 | |
| 1890 | — | #424 | 18 | |
| 1889 | — | #379 | 22 | |
| 1888 | — | #269 | 44 | |
| 1887 | — | #276 | 34 | |
| 1886 | — | #283 | 36 | |
| 1885 | — | #190 | 69 | |
| 1884 | — | #204 | 65 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cleve! It came in at #514, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cleve
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1884 (#527 → #204)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1913 (#659 → #897)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1885 at #190 (69 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1882–1936
- Highest: 1 in 1,562 boys born in 1885 were named Cleve (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,316 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
- 15.1% of all boys named Cleve (682) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 295 | #190 (1885) | #330 |
| 1890s | 219 | #312 (1892) | #419 |
| 1900s | 171 | #472 (1907) | #571 |
| 1910s | 484 | #512 (1910) | #745 |
| 1920s | 568 | #818 (1928) | #907 |
| 1930s | 497 | #792 (1934) | #905 |
| 1940s | 553 | #766 (1948) | #909 |
| 1950s | 682 | #766 (1951) | #888 |
| 1960s | 400 | #1,059 (1961) | #1,242 |
| 1970s | 294 | #1,285 (1972) | #1,748 |
| 1980s | 185 | #1,695 (1980) | #2,861 |
| 1990s | 104 | #2,753 (1991) | #5,654 |
| 2000s | 44 | #8,209 (2000) | #10,173 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,136 (2013) | #12,184 |
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.
Cleve in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 192,939 of them was named Cleve, which outranked 23.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,869Zelna7
- #3,869Zenia7
- #3,869Zonnie7
- #4,291Cleve6
- #4,291Abby6
- #4,291Adelphia6
- #4,291Affie6
- #4,809Abie5
- #4,809Adalee5
- #4,809Addis5
Tied with 517 names at #4,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 16,614 of them was named Cleve, which outranked 82.5% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).