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

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Peak · boys
1885 · 69 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,506
since 1882

Cleve over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cleve has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #190, 1885boys
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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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013#12,1365
2012
2011
2010#12,2315
2009#8,3109
2008
2007#8,9158
2006#12,0555
2005#11,4725
2004#11,3565
2003#10,8945
2002
2001
2000#8,2097
1999#7,8747
1998
1997#9,2655
1996#6,4968
1995#6,4078
1994#5,10911
1993#5,36010
1992#3,45918
1991#2,75324
1990#4,16713
1989#3,32517
1988#3,35015
1987#3,95911
1986#3,44013
1985#2,94216
1984#2,29222
1983#2,20823
1982#2,83116
1981#2,56918
1980#1,69534
1979#2,46519
1978#1,79429
1977#1,49038
1976#1,87326
1975#2,13421
1974#1,69228
1973#1,81724
1972#1,28542
1971#1,49433
1970#1,43534
1969#1,32636
1968#1,47828
1967#1,36431
1966#1,17840
1965#1,31834
1964#1,31136
1963#1,15145
1962#1,09149
1961#1,05954
1960#1,13947
1959#93967
1958#96961
1957#1,02255
1956#94063
1955#90667
1954#80780
1953#86369
1952#82173
1951#76683
1950#85064
1949#82468
1948#76678
1947#76980
1946#98047
1945#96045
1944#90649
1943#89356
1942#91053
1941#1,05138
1940#1,03139
1939#95443
1938#86951
1937#1,03138
1936#83253
1935#89450
1934#79261
1933#82157
1932#87453
1931#99744
1930#4,5505#99047
1929#93052
1928#4,1956#81864
1927#96452
1926#91654
1925#4,4266#95650
1924#94455
1923#95452
1922#86363
1921#89061
1920#83565
1919#87757
1918#4,2916#84161
1917#80461
1916#78162
1915#75962
1914#67357
1913#89730
1912#65941
1911#64423
1910#51230
1909#57421
1908#58519
1907#47224
1906#54718
1905#59216
1904#61214
1903#57615
1902#53616
1901#59612
1900#62316
1899#52114
1898#52316
1897#37525
1896#50017
1895#50116
1894#35826
1893#33028
1892#31235
1891#34924
1890#42418
1889#37922
1888#26944
1887#27634
1886#28336
1885#19069
1884#20465
1883#52712
1882#51413
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
  • Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1884 (#527#204)
  • Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1913 (#659#897)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1885 at #190 (69 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1882–1936
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,562
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 15.1% of all boys named Cleve (682) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s295#190 (1885)#330
1890s219#312 (1892)#419
1900s171#472 (1907)#571
1910s484#512 (1910)#745
1920s568#818 (1928)#907
1930s497#792 (1934)#905
1940s553#766 (1948)#909
1950s682#766 (1951)#888
1960s400#1,059 (1961)#1,242
1970s294#1,285 (1972)#1,748
1980s185#1,695 (1980)#2,861
1990s104#2,753 (1991)#5,654
2000s44#8,209 (2000)#10,173
2010s10#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 1933

boys
#821
57 births · 1 in 17,395 boys

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #821Cleve57
More about 1933

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 17,395 of them was named Cleve, which outranked 80.2% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleve
  1. #812Lavon58
  2. #812Newell58
  3. #812Pierre58
  4. #821Cleve57
  5. #821Deane57
  6. #821Furman57
  7. #824Agustin56
  8. #824Benton56
  9. #824Brooks56

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933