girls:
1.3k births since 1890
#4404 (23rd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1924
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1890
#6418 (17th percentile)
The name Cleone is the #6,418 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,325 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 17.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,404 (22.9% percentile) for all time with 1,320 births since 1890. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1924.
Cleone first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (1890 for girls and 1924 for boys). Birth data for Cleone is available in 61 out of the 68 years between 1890 and 1957 (61 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cleone has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Cleone reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #534) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 1905, with 45 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1957.
For boys, Cleone reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #554) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1924, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1924.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cleone".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Cleone. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Cleone is pronounced as KLEE-ohn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is klee-OHN, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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