Cleave vs Cleveland

Side-by-side comparison of Cleave and Cleveland — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Cleave

Boy name

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Name B

Cleveland

Boy name · Rank #6446

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Metric Cleave Cleveland
Current Rank Unranked #6446
Total Births (all years) 403 21,934
Peak Year 1920 1947
Peak Year Births 18 360
Peak Decade 1920ss 1920ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1885 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Cleave Cleveland
1880ss 17 702
1890ss 24 524
1900ss 15 553
1910ss 77 2,219
1920ss 107 3,183
1930ss 63 2,480
1940ss 33 2,970
1950ss 57 3,069
1960ss 5 2,055
1970ss 5 1,498
1980ss — 1,107
1990ss — 743
2000ss — 474
2010ss — 280
2020ss — 77

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Cleave Cleveland
2014 — 26
2015 — 25
2016 — 23
2017 — 28
2018 — 23
2019 — 21
2020 — 20
2021 — 21
2022 — 12
2023 — 11
2024 — 13

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1885–1972.

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