How Many People Are Named Cleve?
people named Cleve are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 200,108 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,529 babies named Cleve in Social Security records from 1882 to 2013, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
83 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CLEVELAND.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cleve (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cleve alive today is about 61 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cleve first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1951, to 83 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2013.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2013
🏆 Rank History
Cleve has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #191, in 1885.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #191 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #892 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cleve alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cleve were born in Texas than in any other state: about 50 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cleve was given 6.8 times as often in Alabama, 6 times in Georgia and 4.1 times in Mississippi.
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