Given name & surname
Cleon
“a well-known man”
Cleon is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a well-known man.”
Original GreekΚλέων
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a well-known man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cleon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,189
- 3,000 boys · 189 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 86 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,900 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,900 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 75 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,435 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cleon’s family of names
Cleon has a related form in Cleone. Cleon has a related form in Clion. Cleon has a related form in Clione.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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