How Many People Are Named Cleveland?
people named Cleveland are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,183 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,032 babies named Cleveland in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
368 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "hilly land". This was the surname of American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). It is also the name of an American city, which was founded by surveyor Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cleveland (99.6%) were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Cleveland alive today is about 57 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 72 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Cleveland first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 368 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Cleveland never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #92, in 1884, and it was in the top 100 for 2 years, 1884 to 1885. In 2025 it ranked #7,282.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,282 |
| Best rank | #92 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | 2 (1884 to 1885) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #320 in the 1920s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Cleveland alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cleveland were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 806 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cleveland was given 6 times as often in Louisiana, 5.8 times in South Carolina and 5.7 times in Mississippi.
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