Cleason — boys' name
22 babies named Cleason in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Cleason was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Cleason in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cleason
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Cleason between 1978 and 2013, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleason currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleason performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cleason shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cleason in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cleason in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cleason at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cleason popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1978
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
22 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 7 births in a single year.
Cleason by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 7 births that decade — 32% of Cleason's all-time total
Cleason decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cleason's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Cleason by state
Where Cleason concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 22.7% |
5 of 22 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 22.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 22.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.