Cleda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cleda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,392 babies named Cleda between 1888 and 1965, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cleda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 368 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cleda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 177 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cleda in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleda 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 1,392 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.