Cleveland

Cleveland was the #7,194 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies).

Cleveland as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Cleveland as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020US
Cleveland as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#7,194 (11)—
2024#6,469 (13)—
2023#7,289 (11)—
2022#6,828 (12)—
2021#4,628 (21)—
2020#4,698 (20)—
2019#4,639 (21)—
2018#4,354 (23)—
2017#3,781 (28)—
2016#4,327 (23)—
2015#4,080 (25)#4,747 (3)
2014#3,891 (26)—
2013#4,313 (22)—
2012#3,371 (32)—
2011#2,748 (43)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1884 at #92.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Cleveland is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 310,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.