Cleveland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KLEEV-land
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Cleveland is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cliff land”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Cleveland mean?
English: English surname from the Cleveland district of Yorkshire
“cliff land”
From a district of north-east England; Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and the 24th US president.
Is Cleveland a girl's or a boy's name?
Cleveland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cleveland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Cleveland, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 360 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cleveland in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cleveland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,720 |
| 2001 | 62 | #1,796 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,730 |
| 1998 | 60 | #1,697 |
| 1997 | 62 | #1,625 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,530 |
| 1995 | 68 | #1,443 |
| 1994 | 75 | #1,341 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,201 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,296 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,111 |
| 1990 | 96 | #1,082 |
| 1989 | 110 | #972 |
| 1988 | 91 | #1,030 |
| 1987 | 91 | #995 |
| 1986 | 95 | #936 |
| 1985 | 92 | #950 |
| 1984 | 116 | #811 |
| 1983 | 128 | #763 |
| 1982 | 129 | #777 |
| 1981 | 116 | #813 |
| 1980 | 139 | #744 |
| 1979 | 126 | #770 |
| 1978 | 117 | #778 |
| 1977 | 133 | #741 |
| 1976 | 125 | #744 |
| 1975 | 150 | #673 |
| 1974 | 147 | #668 |
| 1973 | 170 | #608 |
| 1972 | 144 | #669 |
| 1971 | 189 | #605 |
| 1970 | 197 | #575 |
| 1969 | 181 | #580 |
| 1968 | 161 | #598 |
| 1967 | 196 | #530 |
| 1966 | 185 | #561 |
| 1965 | 219 | #518 |
| 1964 | 215 | #533 |
| 1963 | 202 | #556 |
| 1962 | 198 | #561 |
| 1961 | 249 | #504 |
| 1960 | 249 | #501 |
| 1959 | 243 | #501 |
| 1958 | 259 | #486 |
| 1957 | 292 | #450 |
| 1956 | 325 | #416 |
| 1955 | 327 | #402 |
| 1954 | 319 | #400 |
| 1953 | 330 | #381 |
| 1952 | 326 | #378 |
| 1951 | 318 | #380 |
| 1950 | 330 | #372 |
| 1949 | 323 | #374 |
| 1948 | 328 | #374 |
| 1947 | 360 | #360 |
| 1946 | 305 | #370 |
| 1945 | 283 | #353 |
| 1944 | 296 | #346 |
| 1943 | 289 | #360 |
| 1942 | 274 | #366 |
| 1941 | 247 | #370 |
| 1940 | 265 | #348 |
| 1939 | 259 | #345 |
| 1938 | 242 | #357 |
| 1937 | 246 | #346 |
| 1936 | 222 | #364 |
| 1935 | 259 | #341 |
| 1934 | 211 | #374 |
| 1933 | 245 | #343 |
| 1932 | 265 | #339 |
| 1931 | 244 | #356 |
| 1930 | 287 | #327 |
| 1929 | 244 | #365 |
| 1928 | 276 | #344 |
| 1927 | 325 | #319 |
| 1926 | 326 | #313 |
| 1925 | 296 | #335 |
| 1924 | 339 | #311 |
| 1923 | 336 | #313 |
| 1922 | 346 | #307 |
| 1921 | 339 | #316 |
| 1920 | 356 | #302 |
| 1919 | 354 | #286 |
| 1918 | 321 | #313 |
| 1917 | 287 | #317 |
| 1916 | 252 | #336 |
| 1915 | 244 | #337 |
| 1914 | 214 | #310 |
| 1913 | 173 | #301 |
| 1912 | 156 | #286 |
| 1911 | 110 | #241 |
| 1910 | 108 | #225 |
| 1909 | 83 | #240 |
| 1908 | 59 | #281 |
| 1907 | 66 | #256 |
| 1906 | 53 | #270 |
| 1905 | 54 | #268 |
| 1904 | 42 | #300 |
| 1903 | 42 | #292 |
| 1902 | 52 | #256 |
| 1901 | 30 | #325 |
| 1900 | 72 | #239 |
| 1899 | 39 | #276 |
| 1898 | 35 | #324 |
| 1897 | 39 | #288 |
| 1896 | 56 | #243 |
| 1895 | 51 | #251 |
| 1894 | 50 | #240 |
| 1893 | 66 | #208 |
| 1892 | 82 | #190 |
| 1891 | 50 | #227 |
| 1890 | 56 | #221 |
| 1889 | 60 | #211 |
| 1888 | 87 | #172 |
| 1887 | 54 | #210 |
| 1886 | 87 | #160 |
| 1885 | 147 | #98 |
| 1884 | 174 | #92 |
| 1883 | 35 | #279 |
| 1882 | 35 | #288 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
Names like Cleveland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edward, Howard, William, Charles, Roland, Warren, Raymond, Leland, Leonard, Charlie, Franklin, Arthur
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cleveland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cleveland, updated 20 October 2026.