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How popular is “Cleve” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cleve” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cleve” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cleve” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cleve” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cleve” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cleve” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cleve” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 13 0.000058682 13 -100%
1883 12 0.000055313 12 -100%
1884 65 0.000266983 65 -100%
1885 69 0.000286481 69 -100%
1886 36 0.000141002 36 -100%
1887 34 0.000137434 34 -100%
1888 44 0.000146924 44 -100%
1889 22 0.000076139 22 -100%
1890 18 0.000059721 18 -100%
1891 24 0.000083719 24 -100%
1892 35 0.000104673 35 -100%
1893 28 0.000086095 28 -100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 -100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 -100%
1896 17 0.000047555 17 -100%
1897 25 0.000072055 25 -100%
1898 16 0.000041945 16 -100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 -100%
1900 16 0.000035535 16 -100%
1901 12 0.000034701 12 -100%
1902 16 0.000041372 16 -100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 -100%
1906 18 0.000042012 18 -100%
1907 24 0.00005157 24 -100%
1908 19 0.000038883 19 -100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 -100%
1910 30 0.000050786 30 -100%
1911 23 0.000035699 23 -100%
1912 41 0.000041495 41 -100%
1913 30 0.000026383 30 -100%
1914 57 0.000040244 57 -100%
1915 62 0.000033835 62 -100%
1916 62 0.000032051 62 -100%
1917 61 0.000030397 61 -100%
1918 67 0.00003086 6 61 -82%
1919 57 0.000027011 57 -100%
1920 65 0.000028727 65 -100%
1921 61 0.00002613 61 -100%
1922 63 0.000027521 63 -100%
1923 52 0.000022584 52 -100%
1924 55 0.000023094 55 -100%
1925 56 0.000024 6 50 -79%
1926 54 0.00002352 54 -100%
1927 52 0.00002242 52 -100%
1928 70 0.000030961 6 64 -83%
1929 52 0.000023721 52 -100%
1930 52 0.000023389 5 47 -81%
1931 44 0.000020909 44 -100%
1932 53 0.000025103 53 -100%
1933 57 0.000028508 57 -100%
1934 61 0.000029372 61 -100%
1935 50 0.000023925 50 -100%
1936 53 0.00002551 53 -100%
1937 38 0.000017835 38 -100%
1938 51 0.00002305 51 -100%
1939 43 0.000019515 43 -100%
1940 39 0.000016937 39 -100%
1941 38 0.000015597 38 -100%
1942 53 0.000019401 53 -100%
1943 56 0.00001984 56 -100%
1944 49 0.000018215 49 -100%
1945 45 0.000016963 45 -100%
1946 47 0.000014709 47 -100%
1947 80 0.000022208 80 -100%
1948 78 0.000022592 78 -100%
1949 68 0.000019513 68 -100%
1950 64 0.000018268 64 -100%
1951 83 0.000022531 83 -100%
1952 73 0.000019221 73 -100%
1953 69 0.000017905 69 -100%
1954 80 0.000020097 80 -100%
1955 67 0.000016687 67 -100%
1956 63 0.00001528 63 -100%
1957 55 0.000013089 55 -100%
1958 61 0.000014756 61 -100%
1959 67 0.000016114 67 -100%
1960 47 0.000011315 47 -100%
1961 54 0.000013036 54 -100%
1962 49 0.000012143 49 -100%
1963 45 0.000011369 45 -100%
1964 36 0.00000926 36 -100%
1965 34 0.000009378 34 -100%
1966 40 0.000011509 40 -100%
1967 31 0.000009131 31 -100%
1968 28 0.000008288 28 -100%
1969 36 0.000010359 36 -100%
1970 34 0.000009427 34 -100%
1971 33 0.000009614 33 -100%
1972 42 0.000013363 42 -100%
1973 24 0.000007955 24 -100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 -100%
1975 21 0.000006955 21 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 38 0.000011963 38 -100%
1978 29 0.000009137 29 -100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 -100%
1980 34 0.000009871 34 -100%
1981 18 0.000005203 18 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 -100%
1983 23 0.000006641 23 -100%
1984 22 0.000006306 22 -100%
1985 16 0.000004483 16 -100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 -100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 17 0.000004422 17 -100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 -100%
1991 24 0.000006161 24 -100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 -100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 -100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1999 7 0.000001895 7 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%

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  2. Cletta
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  5. Cleva
  6. Cleve (this page)
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