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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Cleve

Cleve was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 191st; the most babies were born in 1951 (83). More babies were named Cleve in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
195183 babies
Total since 1880
4,529babies recorded

Cleve popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 23 since 1918.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010#12,5965
2000#8,3437
1990#4,20713
1980#1,70034
1970#1,44134
1960#1,13947
1950#85364
1940#1,03339
1930#99247
1920#83765
1910#51330
1900#62916
1890#42618
1880——

How popular is Cleve, counting every spelling?

Cleve has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Cleve?

About 1,700 people born in the US named Cleve are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 50 and 74. That makes Cleve a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Cleve by state

How common Cleve was among boys born in each state in 1949–1953, around its peak. In 39 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesKY0.03West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTN0.05North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesGA0.08Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesFL0.04
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Cleve, boys, 1949–1953. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Cleve: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cleve, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Cleve

How popular is the name Cleve?

Cleve was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, when it ranked 191st; the most babies were born in 1951 (83). More babies were named Cleve in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Cleve a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 23 girls and 4,506 boys.

Where was Cleve most popular?

In 1949–1953, Cleve was most common in Georgia (0.08 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and Tennessee.