Clevie — unisex name
119 babies named Clevie in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Clevie was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Clevie in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Clevie
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Clevie between 1884 and 1940, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Clevie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Clevie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 29 additional births since 1917.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Clevie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Clevie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Clevie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Clevie 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 119 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.
Clevie at a glance
Last recorded 1940Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Clevie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1884
- Peak year (1917)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1940.
119 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 12 births in a single year.
Clevie popularity over time — boys
29 total births recorded since 1917 (Clevie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Clevie accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Clevie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 52 births that decade — 44% of Clevie's all-time total
Clevie decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Clevie's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Clevie by state
Where Clevie concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 4.2% |
5 of 119 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1884–1940 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.