Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Cleon

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cleon
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1884Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

89.3%

2024

All-time

2,993

Cleon has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 75 boys were named Cleon.

In 2024, only 8 boys were given the name.

Down 89.3% from its peak.

All told, about 2,993 Americans have been named Cleon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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