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Cleon

Boy · Greek

Cleon is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “to recount, celebrate”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).

What does Cleon mean?

Greek

“to recount, celebrate”

A male given name from Ancient Greek.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Cleon a girl's or a boy's name?

Cleon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Cleon in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,710among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 240,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Cleon, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1921, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.

Half of all the boys named Cleon in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.

1884Busiest: 75 in 19212025
Cleon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#9,710
20248#8,982
20239#8,250
202210#7,762
20217#9,709
20200–
20195#12,138
20185#12,150
20170–
201610#7,600
201511#7,061
20147#9,636
20135#12,129
20120–
201110#7,495
20109#8,133
20096#10,989
20080–
20075#12,361
20066#10,655
200511#6,628
20048#8,137
20036#9,574
200214#5,124
20017#8,332
20006#9,104
199911#5,650
19988#6,837
199712#4,954
19967#7,129
199520#3,298
19946#7,764
199320#3,240
199215#3,912
19916#7,263
199018#3,303
198913#4,011
198811#4,157
198714#3,334
198616#3,002
198515#3,067
19849#4,212
19839#4,139
198220#2,425
198114#3,028
198013#3,255
197918#2,567
197819#2,375
197717#2,555
197634#1,571
197543#1,322
197437#1,409
197327#1,696
197228#1,648
197140#1,330
197060#1,051
196952#1,075
196827#1,505
196717#1,905
196629#1,427
196517#1,917
196413#2,309
196322#1,694
196219#1,851
196114#2,241
196015#2,120
195923#1,664
195824#1,592
195724#1,633
195632#1,361
195526#1,502
195425#1,524
195325#1,507
195222#1,614
195128#1,406
195028#1,363
194921#1,615
194832#1,279
194737#1,189
194628#1,326
194529#1,226
194424#1,369
194341#1,053
194231#1,244
194136#1,091
194032#1,183
193938#1,033
193843#963
193737#1,056
193646#906
193532#1,165
193454#853
193344#946
193252#888
193149#922
193055#892
192950#952
192856#891
192744#1,060
192641#1,108
192566#814
192464#859
192350#976
192262#871
192175#772
192057#911
191960#850
191852#918
191745#964
191640#1,013
191539#1,015
191438#884
191331#871
191219#1,059
191112#981
19106#1,420
19098#1,083
190811#825
19075#1,344
19060–
19056#1,090
19045#1,204
190312#656
19025#1,136
19017#857
19000–
18990–
18986#1,001
18970–
18965#1,100
18950–
18940–
18936#906
18926#955
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18875#921
18860–
18855#935
18846#848

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