Cleve

Boy · recorded 1882–2013

  • 2013last recorded
  • 1885best year

Most popular in 1885.

Last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

032064018821915194819802013

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 126 recorded years as a table
Cleve, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1882114
1883115
1884568
1885640
1886325
1887335
1888364
1889199
1890162
1891237
1892287
1893249
1894225
1895136
1896142
1897222
1898130
1899132
1900106
1901113
1902130
1903126
1904109
1905121
1906135
1907163
1908123
1909128
1910154
1911102
191295
191359
191487
191573
191670
191766
191860
191958
192061
192155
192258
192347
192449
192545
192649
192746
192858
192948
193043
193142
193251
193357
193459
193548
193651
193736
193846
193939
194034
194131
194238
194339
194436
194533
194629
194744
194844
194938
195036
195144
195238
195335
195439
195533
195630
195725
195829
195931
196022
196125
196224
196322
196418
196518
196622
196718
196816
196920
197018
197119
197226
197315
197418
197513
197617
197723
197818
197911
198019
198110
19829
198313
198412
19859
19867
19876
19888
19898
19906
199112
19929
19935
19946
19954
19964
19973
19994
20004
20033
20043
20053
20062
20074
20095
20103
20133

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cleve isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2013
5
Rank in 2013
#12,136
How rare
1 in 378,316 boys
Since 1882
4,506

Cleve was last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1885, at 640 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cleve doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.