Cleavon — boys' name
241 babies named Cleavon in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Cleavon was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Cleavon in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cleavon
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Cleavon between 1921 and 2007, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleavon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleavon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cleavon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cleavon 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 241 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.
Cleavon at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cleavon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1921
- Peak year (1973)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 87 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
241 total births across 87 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 37 births in a single year.
Cleavon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 134 births that decade — 56% of Cleavon's all-time total
Cleavon decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Cleavon's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
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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, 1921–2007 (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.