Cleon
Cleon was the 9900th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1903, when it ranked 662nd; the most babies were born in 1921 (75). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,742 places. More babies were named Cleon in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,900 boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192175 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,189babies recorded
Cleon popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 189 since 1905.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,900 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #8,268 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,291 | 6 |
| 1990 | #3,333 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,286 | 13 |
| 1970 | #1,055 | 60 |
| 1960 | #2,141 | 15 |
| 1950 | #1,368 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,189 | 32 |
| 1930 | #894 | 55 |
| 1920 | #915 | 57 |
| 1910 | #1,455 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Cleon, counting every spelling?
Cleon is the most common spelling of a name family that had 12 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 12 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleon | 7 | #9,900 | 41 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cleon?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cleon (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cleon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cleon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cleon?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Cleon are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 38 and 69. That makes Cleon mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cleon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cleon, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cleon
How popular is the name Cleon?
Cleon was the 9900th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1903, when it ranked 662nd; the most babies were born in 1921 (75). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,742 places. More babies were named Cleon in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Cleon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Cleon in the US.