Cleven

Boy · recorded 1908–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1989. 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 1908

0163219081928194919691989

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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 59 recorded years as a table
Cleven, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190832
191314
191512
191617
191711
19189
191915
192020
19215
19226
192318
19247
192516
19269
19276
192814
192911
19308
193114
193217
193311
193412
193510
193612
193711
193810
19398
19409
19418
19427
19436
19448
19457
19473
19483
19496
19506
19515
19526
19537
19543
19555
19563
19576
19586
19593
19605
19614
19632
19644
19653
19675
19683
19705
19734
19743
19754
19843
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cleven 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
6
Rank in 1989
#6,941
How rare
1 in 333,488 boys
Since 1908
583

Cleven was last recorded in 1989. 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 1908, at 32 per million boys born.

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

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