Cleveland — #6446 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Cleveland

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,934 babies named Cleveland between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleveland currently holds the #6446 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 360 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleveland performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 3,183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Cleveland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 1,990 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Cleveland in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleveland 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 21,934 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.