Cleven — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cleven

The Social Security Administration has registered 583 babies named Cleven between 1908 and 1989, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleven currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleven performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cleven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Cleven in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleven 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 583 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.