How rare is the name Cleveland?

8,151 people in the United States have the first name Cleveland, about 1 in 37,055. It ranks #2,839 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CLEVELAND

#2,839

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,151
About
1 in 37,055
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,151 people named Cleveland, 74.3% reported their origin as Black, 19.5% as White and 2.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cleveland peaked in 1947, when 368 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
368
In 2025*
11 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 22,032 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cleveland by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #418. The largest share of babies named Cleveland, 25.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#418702
1890s#619524
1900s#717553
1910s#6752,219
1920s#6933,203
1930s#7602,500
1940s#7942,985
1950s#9363,079
1960s#1,2242,072
1970s#1,5371,503
1980s#2,0561,107
1990s#3,253743
2000s#5,549474
2010s#8,401280
2020s#12,68288
Before 19015.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2724.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4521.2%
Baby boom 1946–6425.1%
Generation X 1965–8011.8%
Millennials 1981–966.9%
Generation Z 1997–123.5%
2013 and later1.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cleveland is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cleveland has been most common in Mississippi (7.5×), South Carolina (6.7×), and Louisiana (6.5×), and least common in Ohio (0.14×).

16,739 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Cleveland

#2,837 Hanh · 8,155#2,838 Jackeline · 8,154#2,840 Jayleen · 8,148#2,841 Brennen · 8,145

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cleveland, most common first.

#45,337 Clevland · 150

Also a last name

As a last name, Cleveland ranks #1,151 of 156,621, with 29,935 people. See Cleveland as a last name

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