Cleveland
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 174 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,945since 1880
Cleveland over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,698 | 20 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,327 | 23 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,080 | 25 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,891 | 26 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,313 | 22 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,748 | 43 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,072 | 37 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,991 | 39 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,784 | 41 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,433 | 47 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,741 | 38 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,128 | 52 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,723 | 67 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,800 | 62 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,049 | 49 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,733 | 59 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,700 | 60 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,628 | 62 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,533 | 65 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,448 | 68 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,345 | 75 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,205 | 87 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,301 | 75 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,117 | 96 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,086 | 96 | |
| 1989 | — | #975 | 110 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,032 | 91 | |
| 1987 | — | #996 | 91 | |
| 1986 | — | #937 | 95 | |
| 1985 | — | #950 | 92 | |
| 1984 | — | #811 | 116 | |
| 1983 | — | #763 | 128 | |
| 1982 | — | #777 | 129 | |
| 1981 | — | #813 | 116 | |
| 1980 | — | #744 | 139 | |
| 1979 | — | #770 | 126 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #778 | 117 |
| 1977 | — | #741 | 133 | |
| 1976 | — | #744 | 125 | |
| 1975 | — | #673 | 150 | |
| 1974 | — | #668 | 147 | |
| 1973 | — | #608 | 170 | |
| 1972 | — | #669 | 144 | |
| 1971 | — | #605 | 189 | |
| 1970 | — | #575 | 197 | |
| 1969 | — | #580 | 181 | |
| 1968 | — | #598 | 161 | |
| 1967 | — | #530 | 196 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #561 | 185 |
| 1965 | — | #518 | 219 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #533 | 215 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #556 | 202 |
| 1962 | — | #561 | 198 | |
| 1961 | — | #504 | 249 | |
| 1960 | — | #501 | 249 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #501 | 243 |
| 1958 | — | #487 | 259 | |
| 1957 | — | #451 | 292 | |
| 1956 | — | #417 | 325 | |
| 1955 | — | #403 | 327 | |
| 1954 | — | #401 | 319 | |
| 1953 | — | #382 | 330 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #379 | 326 |
| 1951 | — | #381 | 318 | |
| 1950 | — | #373 | 330 | |
| 1949 | — | #374 | 323 | |
| 1948 | — | #374 | 328 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #360 | 360 |
| 1946 | — | #370 | 305 | |
| 1945 | — | #353 | 283 | |
| 1944 | — | #346 | 296 | |
| 1943 | — | #360 | 289 | |
| 1942 | — | #366 | 274 | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #370 | 247 |
| 1940 | — | #348 | 265 | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #345 | 259 |
| 1938 | — | #357 | 242 | |
| 1937 | — | #346 | 246 | |
| 1936 | — | #364 | 222 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #341 | 259 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #374 | 211 |
| 1933 | — | #343 | 245 | |
| 1932 | — | #339 | 265 | |
| 1931 | — | #356 | 244 | |
| 1930 | — | #327 | 287 | |
| 1929 | — | #365 | 244 | |
| 1928 | — | #344 | 276 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #319 | 325 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #313 | 326 |
| 1925 | — | #335 | 296 | |
| 1924 | — | #311 | 339 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #313 | 336 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #307 | 346 |
| 1921 | — | #316 | 339 | |
| 1920 | — | #302 | 356 | |
| 1919 | — | #286 | 354 | |
| 1918 | — | #313 | 321 | |
| 1917 | — | #317 | 287 | |
| 1916 | — | #336 | 252 | |
| 1915 | — | #337 | 244 | |
| 1914 | — | #310 | 214 | |
| 1913 | — | #301 | 173 | |
| 1912 | — | #286 | 156 | |
| 1911 | — | #241 | 110 | |
| 1910 | — | #225 | 108 | |
| 1909 | — | #240 | 83 | |
| 1908 | — | #281 | 59 | |
| 1907 | — | #256 | 66 | |
| 1906 | — | #270 | 53 | |
| 1905 | — | #268 | 54 | |
| 1904 | — | #300 | 42 | |
| 1903 | — | #292 | 42 | |
| 1902 | — | #256 | 52 | |
| 1901 | — | #325 | 30 | |
| 1900 | — | #239 | 72 | |
| 1899 | — | #276 | 39 | |
| 1898 | — | #324 | 35 | |
| 1897 | — | #288 | 39 | |
| 1896 | — | #243 | 56 | |
| 1895 | — | #251 | 51 | |
| 1894 | — | #240 | 50 | |
| 1893 | — | #208 | 66 | |
| 1892 | — | #190 | 82 | |
| 1891 | — | #227 | 50 | |
| 1890 | — | #221 | 56 | |
| 1889 | — | #211 | 60 | |
| 1888 | — | #172 | 87 | |
| 1887 | — | #210 | 54 | |
| 1886 | — | #160 | 87 | |
| 1885 | — | #98 | 147 | |
| 1884 | — | #92 | 174 | |
| 1883 | — | #279 | 35 | |
| 1882 | — | #288 | 35 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cleveland was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cleveland
- 725 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #7,194)
- 2,496 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #7,194)
- 3,114 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1882 (#503 → #288)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1985 (#811 → #950)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #92 (174 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1884–1885
- Top 1,000: 109 yrs · run 1880–1987
- Highest: 1 in 658 boys born in 1884 were named Cleveland (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.5% of all boys named Cleveland (3,183) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 702 | #92 (1884) | #258 |
| 1890s | 524 | #190 (1892) | #247 |
| 1900s | 553 | #239 (1900) | #273 |
| 1910s | 2,219 | #225 (1910) | #295 |
| 1920s | 3,183 | #302 (1920) | #323 |
| 1930s | 2,480 | #327 (1930) | #349 |
| 1940s | 2,970 | #346 (1944) | #362 |
| 1950s | 3,069 | #373 (1950) | #418 |
| 1960s | 2,055 | #501 (1960) | #544 |
| 1970s | 1,498 | #575 (1970) | #683 |
| 1980s | 1,107 | #744 (1980) | #880 |
| 1990s | 743 | #1,086 (1990) | #1,410 |
| 2000s | 474 | #1,723 (2002) | #2,456 |
| 2010s | 280 | #2,748 (2011) | #3,858 |
| 2020s | 88 | #4,628 (2021) | #6,184 |
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.
Cleveland in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
Top boys' names in 1923
More about 1923
girls
1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 241,273 of them was named Cleveland, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 772 names at #4,967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 3,262 of them was named Cleveland, which outranked 93.6% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.