The first name Cleve
A boy’s name.
1 syllable Male
Meaning and origin
A male given name, found predominantly in the United States.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Cleve at birth, 1880–2025
In 2013, 5 boys born in the United States were named Cleve, the 12,492nd most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1951, when 83 were.
4,529
babies named Cleve since 1880
#12,492
rank in 2013
1951
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Cleve
3 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Cleve MolerAmerican mathematician specializing in numerical analysis (1939 - 2026)
- Cleve LivingstonAmerican rower, born 1947
- Cleve JonesAmerican LGBT rights and AIDS activist, born 1954
Questions
- Is Cleve a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 99% of the 4,529 US babies named Cleve since 1880 were boys.
- When was Cleve most popular?
- 1951 in the United States, when 83 babies were named Cleve, its highest rank at 767th.