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.

Cleon*

#2,348 most common boys' name of all time · #5,659 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1884–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,348
Rank overall
#5,659 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
3,189
Since 2016
61
Peak year
1921 #779
Best rank
#692 1903
Girls Boys peak 86/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Cleon first appears in 1884. 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
2025 — 7 7 #9,741
2024 — 8 8 #9,023
2023 — 9 9 #8,284
2022 — 10 10 #7,793
2021 — 7 7 #9,748
2019 — 5 5 #12,190
2018 — 5 5 #12,212
2016 — 10 10 #7,630
2015 — 11 11 #7,080
2014 — 7 7 #9,679
2013 — 5 5 #12,180
2011 — 10 10 #7,525
2010 — 9 9 #8,168
2009 — 6 6 #11,032
2007 — 5 5 #12,424
2006 — 6 6 #10,709
2005 — 11 11 #6,653
2004 — 8 8 #8,180
2003 — 6 6 #9,627
2002 — 14 14 #5,143
2001 — 7 7 #8,380
2000 — 6 6 #9,167
1999 — 11 11 #5,677
1998 — 8 8 #6,870
1997 — 12 12 #4,985
1996 — 7 7 #7,177
1995 — 20 20 #3,312
1994 — 6 6 #7,815
1993 — 20 20 #3,255
1992 — 15 15 #3,932
1991 — 6 6 #7,315
1990 — 18 18 #3,334
1989 — 13 13 #4,040
1988 — 11 11 #4,189
1987 — 14 14 #3,361
1986 — 16 16 #3,018
1985 — 15 15 #3,087
1984 — 9 9 #4,242
1983 — 9 9 #4,174
1982 — 20 20 #2,441
1981 — 14 14 #3,057
1980 — 13 13 #3,274
1979 — 18 18 #2,580
1978 — 19 19 #2,388
1977 — 17 17 #2,578
1976 — 34 34 #1,582
1975 — 43 43 #1,329
1974 — 37 37 #1,416
1973 — 27 27 #1,703
1972 — 28 28 #1,656
1971 — 40 40 #1,336
1970 — 60 60 #1,052
1969 — 52 52 #1,080
1968 — 27 27 #1,520
1967 — 17 17 #1,924
1966 — 29 29 #1,435
1965 — 17 17 #1,943
1964 — 13 13 #2,333
1963 — 22 22 #1,708
1962 — 19 19 #1,862
1961 — 14 14 #2,257
1960 — 15 15 #2,143
1959 — 23 23 #1,677
1958 — 24 24 #1,606
1957 — 24 24 #1,648
1956 — 32 32 #1,369
1955 — 26 26 #1,514
1954 — 25 25 #1,537
1953 — 25 25 #1,522
1952 — 22 22 #1,636
1951 — 28 28 #1,414
1950 — 28 28 #1,373
1949 — 21 21 #1,632
1948 — 32 32 #1,287
1947 — 37 37 #1,200
1946 — 28 28 #1,336
1945 — 29 29 #1,236
1944 — 24 24 #1,382
1943 — 41 41 #1,060
1942 5 31 36 #1,257
1941 — 36 36 #1,097
1940 — 32 32 #1,195
1939 — 38 38 #1,042
1938 — 43 43 #969
1937 5 37 42 #1,066
1936 8 46 54 #912
1935 5 32 37 #1,181
1934 — 54 54 #858
1933 6 44 50 #954
1932 5 52 57 #899
1931 9 49 58 #934
1930 8 55 63 #899
1929 8 50 58 #957
1928 — 56 56 #899
1927 10 44 54 #1,069
1926 — 41 41 #1,114
1925 10 66 76 #819
1924 8 64 72 #862
1923 11 50 61 #985
1922 6 62 68 #879
1921 11 75 86 #779
1920 5 57 62 #918
1919 11 60 71 #855
1918 9 52 61 #928
1917 11 45 56 #971
1916 6 40 46 #1,019
1915 5 39 44 #1,024
1914 7 38 45 #895
1913 5 31 36 #888
1912 — 19 19 #1,082
1911 5 12 17 #1,020
1910 — 6 6 #1,488
1909 — 8 8 #1,123
1908 — 11 11 #859
1907 — 5 5 #1,426
1906 5 — 5 —
1905 5 6 11 #1,184
1904 — 5 5 #1,307
1903 — 12 12 #692
1902 — 5 5 #1,236
1901 — 7 7 #914
1898 — 6 6 #1,084
1896 — 5 5 #1,212
1893 — 6 6 #1,004
1892 — 6 6 #1,031
1887 — 5 5 #1,033
1885 — 5 5 #1,049
1884 — 6 6 #950