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Cleveland

Cleveland was most popular in 1947, when 360 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 7,286 for boys.

22,032babies since 1880
1947most popular year
#92best rank, 1884
#7,286rank in 2025

Babies named Cleveland each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1880s0702
1890s0524
1900s0553
1910s02,219
1920s203,183
1930s202,480
1940s152,970
1950s103,069
1960s172,055
1970s51,498
1980s01,107
1990s0743
2000s0474
2010s0280
2020s088

Cleveland in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Cleveland.

US England and Wales

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1947 1 in 5,082 #7,286
England and Wales 1972 1 in 22,521 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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