Cleston — boys' name
208 babies named Cleston in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Cleston was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Cleston in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cleston
The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Cleston between 1915 and 1969, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleston currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleston performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cleston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cleston 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 208 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.
Cleston at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cleston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1915
- Peak year (1931)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
208 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 15 births in a single year.
Cleston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 70 births that decade — 34% of Cleston's all-time total
Cleston decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Cleston's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% 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, 1915–1969 (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.