Boys' name · since 1923
Clevester
74 babies named Clevester in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,424 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 1923
- 1950s
- peak decade
74 boys have been named Clevester since 1923, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clevester has been recorded 74 times among boys since 1923, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1975.
- #19,424 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 74 born since 1923
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Clevester ranks #19,424 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 74 born since 1923, peaking in the 1950s.
- #19,424 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 1923
- 1950s
- peak decade
Clevester's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Clevester's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Clevester splits its recorded history at 1954: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Clevester popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1975
- Peak year (1948)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Clevester by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (34 births, 46% of the file).
1950s was Clevester's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Clevester births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
24 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 34 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Clevester's decade-level peak was the 1950s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Clevester: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–1975 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Clevester draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.