Cleveland
Cleveland was given to 11 boys in 2025, #7,282 among boys’ names; 22,032 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,250 Americans named Cleveland and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 44 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cleveland by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Cleveland?
#7,282 among boys’ names, 2025
Cleveland fell from #4,098 in 2015 to #7,282 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 13.0 to 6.4 per million.
368 babies in 1947, the peak
Cleveland peaked in 1947, when 368 babies were given it (360 boys, #360 among boys’ names). The 11 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,282 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,525 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,368 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,899 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,654 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,727 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,664 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,383 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,788 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,351 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #4,098 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,917 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,350 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,382 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,760 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,083 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,001 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,114 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,821 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,792 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,432 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,748 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,126 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,722 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 62 | #1,798 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,052 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,732 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 60 | #1,702 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,626 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,535 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 68 | #1,443 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,341 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,203 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,297 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,112 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 96 | #1,084 | 0.05 |
| 1989 | 110 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 91 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 91 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 95 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 92 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 116 | #811 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 128 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 129 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 116 | #815 | 0.06 |
| 1980 | 139 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 126 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 117 | #779 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 133 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 125 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 150 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 147 | #670 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 170 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 144 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 189 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1970 | 197 | #575 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 181 | #581 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 161 | #598 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 196 | #530 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 185 | #561 | 0.10 |
| 1965 | 219 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 215 | #533 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 202 | #556 | 0.10 |
| 1962 | 198 | #561 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 249 | #504 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 249 | #501 | 0.12 |
| 1959 | 243 | #501 | 0.11 |
| 1958 | 259 | #486 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 292 | #450 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 325 | #416 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 327 | #402 | 0.16 |
| 1954 | 319 | #400 | 0.16 |
| 1953 | 330 | #381 | 0.17 |
| 1952 | 326 | #378 | 0.17 |
| 1951 | 318 | #380 | 0.17 |
| 1950 | 330 | #372 | 0.18 |
| 1949 | 323 | #374 | 0.18 |
| 1948 | 328 | #374 | 0.19 |
| 1947 | 360 | #360 | 0.20 |
| 1946 | 305 | #371 | 0.19 |
| 1945 | 283 | #353 | 0.21 |
| 1944 | 296 | #346 | 0.22 |
| 1943 | 289 | #361 | 0.20 |
| 1942 | 274 | #366 | 0.20 |
| 1941 | 247 | #370 | 0.20 |
| 1940 | 265 | #348 | 0.23 |
| 1939 | 259 | #345 | 0.23 |
| 1938 | 242 | #357 | 0.22 |
| 1937 | 246 | #346 | 0.23 |
| 1936 | 222 | #364 | 0.21 |
| 1935 | 259 | #342 | 0.25 |
| 1934 | 211 | #376 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 245 | #343 | 0.25 |
| 1932 | 265 | #339 | 0.25 |
| 1931 | 244 | #356 | 0.23 |
| 1930 | 287 | #327 | 0.26 |
| 1929 | 244 | #365 | 0.23 |
| 1928 | 276 | #344 | 0.25 |
| 1927 | 325 | #319 | 0.29 |
| 1926 | 326 | #314 | 0.29 |
| 1925 | 296 | #335 | 0.27 |
| 1924 | 339 | #311 | 0.30 |
| 1923 | 336 | #313 | 0.31 |
| 1922 | 346 | #307 | 0.32 |
| 1921 | 339 | #316 | 0.31 |
| 1920 | 356 | #302 | 0.33 |
| 1919 | 354 | #286 | 0.36 |
| 1918 | 321 | #313 | 0.32 |
| 1917 | 287 | #317 | 0.31 |
| 1916 | 252 | #336 | 0.28 |
| 1915 | 244 | #337 | 0.29 |
| 1914 | 214 | #310 | 0.33 |
| 1913 | 173 | #301 | 0.34 |
| 1912 | 156 | #286 | 0.36 |
| 1911 | 110 | #243 | 0.49 |
| 1910 | 108 | #225 | 0.56 |
| 1909 | 83 | #240 | 0.51 |
| 1908 | 59 | #281 | 0.38 |
| 1907 | 66 | #256 | 0.45 |
| 1906 | 53 | #271 | 0.40 |
| 1905 | 54 | #268 | 0.41 |
| 1904 | 42 | #301 | 0.33 |
| 1903 | 42 | #292 | 0.35 |
| 1902 | 52 | #257 | 0.42 |
| 1901 | 30 | #326 | 0.28 |
| 1900 | 72 | #239 | 0.48 |
| 1899 | 39 | #277 | 0.37 |
| 1898 | 35 | #324 | 0.29 |
| 1897 | 39 | #289 | 0.35 |
| 1896 | 56 | #243 | 0.47 |
| 1895 | 51 | #251 | 0.43 |
| 1894 | 50 | #243 | 0.43 |
| 1893 | 66 | #209 | 0.59 |
| 1892 | 82 | #190 | 0.67 |
| 1891 | 50 | #228 | 0.49 |
| 1890 | 56 | #221 | 0.50 |
| 1889 | 60 | #211 | 0.54 |
| 1888 | 87 | #173 | 0.72 |
| 1887 | 54 | #212 | 0.53 |
| 1886 | 87 | #160 | 0.79 |
| 1885 | 147 | #98 | 1.4 |
| 1884 | 174 | #92 | 1.5 |
| 1883 | 35 | #280 | 0.33 |
| 1882 | 35 | #289 | 0.31 |
| 1881 | 12 | #508 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 11 | #577 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Cleveland a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cleveland has been given almost only to boys: 87 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Cleveland: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cleveland, and how old are they?
9,250 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 42% of the 22,032 Americans ever recorded as Cleveland. The median Cleveland alive today is 61 years old; half are between 44 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 8,151 people named Cleveland (38 women and girls, 8,113 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,591 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 932 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,580 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,270 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,450 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 753 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 254 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cleveland born?
The states with the most babies named Cleveland are Louisiana, Georgia and North Carolina, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1,990 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| Georgia | 1,972 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| North Carolina | 1,661 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| South Carolina | 1,655 | not ranked | 4.5× |
| Alabama | 1,636 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Mississippi | 1,606 | not ranked | 4.6× |
| Florida | 1,166 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Texas | 1,032 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 859 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| New York | 507 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Cleveland is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cleveland is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 4.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cleveland with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 22,130 babies since 1880, Cleveland is the most given (100% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cleveland
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cleveland and names like it
- Compare Cleveland and ClevlandBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sCleveland peaked in 1947.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cleveland since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Cleveland.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Cleveland alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.