# Cleon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cleon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “to recount”, “celebrate” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,189 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,000 / 189 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn), from κλέω (kléō, “to recount, celebrate”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 11 | 2,974 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,550 |
| 1923 | 11 | 2,953 |
| 1924 | 8 | 3,718 |
| 1925 | 10 | 3,152 |
| 1927 | 10 | 3,099 |
| 1929 | 8 | 3,451 |
| 1930 | 8 | 3,400 |
| 1931 | 9 | 3,018 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,526 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,822 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4,322 |
| 1936 | 8 | 3,153 |
| 1937 | 5 | 4,364 |
| 1942 | 5 | 4,741 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 12,702 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,253 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,268 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,606 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,491 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,834 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,158 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,703 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,533 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,524 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,928 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,870 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,382 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,156 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,900 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Cleon

- Eric Larson, American animator (1905–1988)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.