Cleve — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cleve

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,506 babies named Cleve between 1882 and 2013, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleve currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleve performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 682 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Cleve shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Cleve in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleve 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 4,506 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.