Boys' name · peaked in 1884
Cleveland name popularity since 1925
16,308 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cleveland. Half of them were born in 1953 or earlier, so the typical Cleveland is about 73 years old in 2026. Cleveland peaked in 1884 as the #92 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,308
- Named Cleveland, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1884
- #92 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,286 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% boys
- 77 girls · 16,231 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 7.40× its national share
Peak year is the year Cleveland made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cleveland births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Cleveland peaked earlier, in 1884.
- Steepest fall: Between 1973 and 1978, Cleveland's share of baby boys fell by 35%, from 1 in 9,170 to 1 in 14,000.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Cleveland's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cleveland.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cleveland in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 10 | 1,467 | – |
| 1930s | 20 | 2,480 | #342 |
| 1940s | 15 | 2,970 | #353 |
| 1950s | 10 | 3,069 | #403 |
| 1960s | 17 | 2,055 | #518 |
| 1970s | 5 | 1,498 | #674 |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,107 | #951 |
| 1990s | 0 | 743 | #1,448 |
| 2000s | 0 | 474 | #2,436 |
| 2010s | 0 | 280 | #4,100 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 88 | #7,286 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.9% of babies named Cleveland from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Cleveland is most popular
The index compares Cleveland's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cleveland.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 7.40× | 1,195 |
| South Carolina | 6.54× | 1,220 |
| Louisiana | 6.49× | 1,553 |
| Alabama | 5.02× | 1,184 |
| Georgia | 3.99× | 1,469 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cleveland's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cleveland.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cleveland (1884).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data