Cleon
Cleon was given to 7 boys in 2025, #9,896 among boys’ names; 3,189 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,260 Americans named Cleon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (39% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 39 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cleon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cleon mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cleon is “a male given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “to recount, celebrate” (κλέω).
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn), from κλέω (kléō, “to recount, celebrate”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cleon?
#9,896 among boys’ names, 2025
Cleon fell from #7,153 in 2015 to #9,896 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 5.7 to 4.1 per million.
86 babies in 1921, the peak
Cleon peaked in 1921, when 86 babies were given it (75 boys, #774 among boys’ names). The 7 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,896 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 8 | #9,151 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,377 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,865 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,923 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,518 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,527 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,698 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,153 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,828 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #12,484 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,599 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,262 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 6 | #11,248 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,696 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,913 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,711 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,262 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,785 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,172 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,462 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,283 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,714 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,958 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 12 | #5,000 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,261 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,322 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,940 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,254 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,941 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,424 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,327 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,057 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,208 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,362 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,019 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,094 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,263 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,192 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,440 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,061 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,285 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,597 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,388 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,575 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,577 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,324 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,414 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,701 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,654 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,332 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,055 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 52 | #1,076 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,510 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,916 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,429 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,930 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,325 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,703 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,859 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,254 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,140 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,672 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,600 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,640 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,363 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,509 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,531 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,520 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,626 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,412 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,367 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,623 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,280 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,190 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,330 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,230 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,371 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,060 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,249 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,094 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,036 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 43 | #967 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 37 | #1,058 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 46 | #907 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,169 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 54 | #855 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 44 | #948 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 52 | #892 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 49 | #925 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 55 | #894 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 50 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 56 | #891 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 66 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 64 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 50 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 62 | #871 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 75 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 57 | #915 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 60 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 52 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 45 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,022 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 38 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 31 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 12 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,454 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,099 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 11 | #836 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,378 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,123 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,238 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 12 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,174 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 7 | #871 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,127 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 6 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 6 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 5 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1884 | 6 | #875 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Cleon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,189 Americans recorded as Cleon, 6% are girls and 94% boys. In 2025 it went to 7 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Cleon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cleon, and how old are they?
1,260 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 39% of the 3,189 Americans ever recorded as Cleon. The median Cleon alive today is 55 years old; half are between 39 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 1,435 people named Cleon (55 women and girls, 1,380 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,418 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 136 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 294 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 421 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 202 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 117 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 83 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 3,641 babies since 1880, Cleon is the most given (88% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7 of their 24 babies (29%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cleon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cleon and names like it
- Compare Cleon and KleinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sCleon peaked in 1921.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cleon since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Cleon: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Cleon.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Cleon alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.