Cleve is an uncommon boys' name that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Cleve is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2013. Cleve was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1951 (83 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,492 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,596 |
| 2009 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,422 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,059 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,379 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,761 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,679 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,194 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,343 |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,008 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #9,522 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | — | #6,606 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | — | #6,491 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | — | #5,159 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | — | #5,415 |
| 1992 | 18 | — | — | #3,479 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | — | #2,763 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | — | #4,207 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | — | #3,341 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | — | #3,382 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | — | #4,012 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | — | #3,475 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | — | #2,967 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | — | #2,309 |
| 1983 | 23 | — | — | #2,219 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | — | #2,861 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | — | #2,590 |
| 1980 | 34 | — | — | #1,700 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | — | #2,482 |
| 1978 | 29 | — | — | #1,804 |
| 1977 | 38 | — | — | #1,493 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | — | #1,884 |
| 1975 | 21 | — | — | #2,145 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | — | #1,701 |
| 1973 | 24 | — | — | #1,826 |
| 1972 | 42 | — | — | #1,288 |
| 1971 | 33 | — | — | #1,497 |
| 1970 | 34 | — | — | #1,441 |
| 1969 | 36 | — | — | #1,330 |
| 1968 | 28 | — | — | #1,482 |
| 1967 | 31 | — | — | #1,368 |
| 1966 | 40 | — | — | #1,180 |
| 1965 | 34 | — | — | #1,319 |
| 1964 | 36 | — | — | #1,314 |
| 1963 | 45 | — | — | #1,155 |
| 1962 | 49 | — | — | #1,093 |
| 1961 | 54 | — | — | #1,060 |
| 1960 | 47 | — | — | #1,139 |
| 1959 | 67 | — | — | #941 |
| 1958 | 61 | — | — | #970 |
| 1957 | 55 | — | — | #1,024 |
| 1956 | 63 | — | — | #941 |
| 1955 | 67 | — | — | #909 |
| 1954 | 80 | — | — | #808 |
| 1953 | 69 | — | — | #863 |
| 1952 | 73 | — | — | #822 |
| 1951 | 83 | — | — | #767 |
| 1950 | 64 | — | — | #853 |
| 1949 | 68 | — | — | #824 |
| 1948 | 78 | — | — | #767 |
| 1947 | 80 | — | — | #769 |
| 1946 | 47 | — | — | #986 |
| 1945 | 45 | — | — | #961 |
| 1944 | 49 | — | — | #908 |
| 1943 | 56 | — | — | #894 |
| 1942 | 53 | — | — | #912 |
| 1941 | 38 | — | — | #1,053 |
| 1940 | 39 | — | — | #1,033 |
| 1939 | 43 | — | — | #956 |
| 1938 | 51 | — | — | #872 |
| 1937 | 38 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1936 | 53 | — | — | #834 |
| 1935 | 50 | — | — | #895 |
| 1934 | 61 | — | — | #792 |
| 1933 | 57 | — | — | #821 |
| 1932 | 53 | — | — | #875 |
| 1931 | 44 | — | — | #999 |
| 1930 | 52 | — | #4,676 | #992 |
| 1929 | 52 | — | — | #933 |
| 1928 | 70 | — | #4,281 | #819 |
| 1927 | 52 | — | — | #965 |
| 1926 | 54 | — | — | #917 |
| 1925 | 56 | — | #4,532 | #958 |
| 1924 | 55 | — | — | #945 |
| 1923 | 52 | — | — | #954 |
| 1922 | 63 | — | — | #865 |
| 1921 | 61 | — | — | #895 |
| 1920 | 65 | — | — | #837 |
| 1919 | 57 | — | — | #879 |
| 1918 | 67 | — | #4,383 | #842 |
| 1917 | 61 | — | — | #809 |
| 1916 | 62 | — | — | #782 |
| 1915 | 62 | — | — | #762 |
| 1914 | 57 | — | — | #673 |
| 1913 | 30 | — | — | #901 |
| 1912 | 41 | — | — | #661 |
| 1911 | 23 | — | — | #652 |
| 1910 | 30 | — | — | #513 |
| 1909 | 21 | — | — | #578 |
| 1908 | 19 | — | — | #593 |
| 1907 | 24 | — | — | #474 |
| 1906 | 18 | — | — | #551 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | — | #597 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #619 |
| 1903 | 15 | — | — | #582 |
| 1902 | 16 | — | — | #540 |
| 1901 | 12 | — | — | #610 |
| 1900 | 16 | — | — | #629 |
| 1899 | 14 | — | — | #525 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | — | #527 |
| 1897 | 25 | — | — | #376 |
| 1896 | 17 | — | — | #506 |
| 1895 | 16 | — | — | #507 |
| 1894 | 26 | — | — | #359 |
| 1893 | 28 | — | — | #334 |
| 1892 | 35 | — | — | #313 |
| 1891 | 24 | — | — | #349 |
| 1890 | 18 | — | — | #426 |
| 1889 | 22 | — | — | #380 |
| 1888 | 44 | — | — | #269 |
| 1887 | 34 | — | — | #279 |
| 1886 | 36 | — | — | #283 |
| 1885 | 69 | — | — | #191 |
| 1884 | 65 | — | — | #205 |
| 1883 | 12 | — | — | #533 |
| 1882 | 13 | — | — | #519 |