Cleva — girls' name

What the Data Says About Cleva

The Social Security Administration has registered 561 babies named Cleva between 1884 and 1959, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cleva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cleva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Cleva in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleva 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 561 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.