Cleona — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cleona

The Social Security Administration has registered 825 babies named Cleona between 1895 and 2020, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cleona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleona performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Cleona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cleona in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleona 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 825 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.