Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cleave

#8,229 most common boys' name of all time · #20,753 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1885–1972

Rank among boys
#8,229
Rank overall
#20,753 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
403
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,915
Best rank
#916 1885
📖The word “cleave” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
1900192019401960

Cleave first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1972 — 5 5 #5,061
1966 — 5 5 #4,019
1959 — 5 5 #4,067
1958 — 6 6 #3,621
1957 — 6 6 #3,622
1954 — 6 6 #3,500
1953 — 8 8 #2,944
1952 — 7 7 #3,137
1951 — 9 9 #2,700
1950 — 10 10 #2,477
1948 — 5 5 #3,748
1946 — 8 8 #2,727
1943 — 8 8 #2,792
1942 — 7 7 #2,993
1940 — 5 5 #3,522
1937 — 12 12 #2,124
1936 — 8 8 #2,672
1935 — 7 7 #3,003
1934 — 7 7 #3,028
1933 — 10 10 #2,408
1932 — 6 6 #3,417
1931 — 6 6 #3,439
1930 — 7 7 #3,336
1929 — 8 8 #3,036
1928 — 6 6 #3,756
1927 — 12 12 #2,435
1926 — 9 9 #2,942
1925 — 7 7 #3,448
1924 — 11 11 #2,675
1923 — 10 10 #2,807
1922 — 15 15 #2,170
1921 — 11 11 #2,663
1920 — 18 18 #1,915
1919 — 11 11 #2,549
1918 — 16 16 #2,023
1917 — 9 9 #2,763
1916 — 12 12 #2,300
1915 — 7 7 #3,129
1914 — 9 9 #2,321
1911 — 7 7 #1,469
1910 — 6 6 #1,496
1907 — 5 5 #1,433
1905 — 5 5 #1,332
1900 — 5 5 #1,415
1894 — 7 7 #935
1892 — 6 6 #1,041
1891 — 5 5 #1,088
1890 — 6 6 #977
1889 — 5 5 #1,079
1888 — 6 6 #1,007
1885 — 6 6 #916