Holding steady.
Popularity of Clevie since 1884
Babies named Clevie per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1917, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Clevie's real moment was 1884.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | 0 |
| 1890s | 5 | 0 |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 |
| 1910s | 52 | 7 |
| 1920s | 26 | 0 |
| 1930s | 15 | 7 |
| 1940s | 5 | 0 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Clevie is a rare American coinage from the 1880s, first recorded in 1884, its peak and only year of use. Although it never ranked among the top 1,000 names, its one-in-N ratio is effectively zero given the single occurrence. The name likely derives from Cleo or the place-name Cleveland, reflecting a 19th-century fashion for creating novel feminine forms from surnames and short forms. Top states for the name cannot be determined from the data, as it never appeared widely. Clevie remains a curiosity of late Victorian naming practices, a brief entry in the historical record.
Clevie is a rare 19th-century coinage in the United States, first recorded in 1884. It may be a shortened form of Cleveland, a surname derived from a place name meaning 'land near a cliff,' or a feminine variant of Cleo, itself a short form of Cleopatra. The name appears in Social Security records only in the 1880s and has not been used since.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Clee, Vie
Variants: Clevy
Sibling names for Clevie
Names that share Clevie's style, for a brother or sister.
