Cleave is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Cleave is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1972. Cleave was first reported in SSA data in 1885 and peaked in 1920 (18 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,107 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,042 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,085 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,607 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,632 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #3,512 |
| 1953 | 8 | — | #2,950 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #3,145 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #2,697 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #2,460 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #3,765 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | #2,733 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | #2,767 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #2,979 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,543 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,104 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,674 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | #3,005 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #3,022 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,397 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,441 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,455 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,344 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,032 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #3,779 |
| 1927 | 12 | — | #2,431 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #2,956 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #3,467 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #2,683 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #2,799 |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #2,159 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #2,662 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #1,899 |
| 1919 | 11 | — | #2,533 |
| 1918 | 16 | — | #2,013 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #2,773 |
| 1916 | 12 | — | #2,290 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,145 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,308 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,411 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,452 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,376 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,266 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,352 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #876 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #978 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #998 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #909 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #997 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #944 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #851 |