girl's name

Cleda

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 1,397

Cleda is a girl's name. In 1965 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1917, when 52 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1888.

Cleda over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 1960s. The striped bar is the 1960s, still in progress — it covers 1960 to 1965, not a full ten years.

368
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60
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Births named Cleda by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 39
1900s 116
1910s 308
1920s 368
1930s 285
1940s 162
1950s 82
1960s (to 1965) 27

How popular is Cleda?

In 1965, Cleda was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cleda is used

France #1,032 5 in 1902
United States #6,537 6 in 1965

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cleda

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cleda also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cleda over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cleda

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cleda — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cleda

How popular is the name Cleda?

In 1965, Cleda was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cleda a girl's or a boy's name?

Cleda is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Cleda most popular?

Cleda peaked in 1917, when 52 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.