Cleophus
Last seen for girls in 1926 at #3,873 · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #9,788
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1945 · 38 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,023since 1904
Cleophus over time
Rank among boys' names. Cleophus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,862 | 23 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,125 | 18 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,810 | 21 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,613 | 23 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,625 | 23 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,408 | 31 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,521 | 28 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,359 | 34 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,253 | 38 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,199 | 42 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,203 | 40 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,280 | 34 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,245 | 35 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,344 | 30 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,203 | 36 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,185 | 36 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,064 | 46 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,282 | 27 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,486 | 22 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,167 | 35 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,300 | 26 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,052 | 37 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,310 | 26 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,205 | 30 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,247 | 29 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,230 | 29 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,217 | 32 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,330 | 29 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,254 | 33 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,603 | 23 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #1,174 | 37 |
| 1925 | — | #1,225 | 34 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,223 | 35 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,213 | 35 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,441 | 18 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cleophus! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cleophus
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1945 at #1,039 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,624 boys born in 1904 were named Cleophus (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 296,488 boys born in 2007 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,039 in 1945, was only 1 in 35,417 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.6% of all boys named Cleophus (356) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 15 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,270 |
| 1910s | 126 | #1,441 (1914) | #1,766 |
| 1920s | 287 | #1,174 (1926) | #1,419 |
| 1930s | 297 | #1,052 (1939) | #1,247 |
| 1940s | 317 | #1,039 (1945) | #1,244 |
| 1950s | 356 | #1,198 (1955) | #1,269 |
| 1960s | 247 | #1,359 (1960) | #1,630 |
| 1970s | 170 | #1,862 (1971) | #2,532 |
| 1980s | 122 | #2,838 (1987) | #3,691 |
| 1990s | 69 | #4,872 (1992) | #6,780 |
| 2000s | 17 | #9,788 (2007) | #10,231 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cleophus in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 169,343 of them was named Cleophus, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,564Wylodean8
- #3,564Zane8
- #3,564Zonia8
- #3,873Cleophus7
- #3,873Adalee7
- #3,873Adelita7
- #3,873Adrianne7
- #4,306Acie6
- #4,306Adamae6
- #4,306Ader6
Tied with 432 names at #3,873; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 30,014 of them was named Cleophus, which outranked 75.7% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,161Reyes38
- #1,161Shigeru38
- #1,161Wally38
- #1,174Cleophus37
- #1,174Adrien37
- #1,174Bishop37
- #1,174Clarke37
- #1,192Bernardo36
- #1,192Blake36
- #1,192Chalmer36
Tied with 17 names at #1,174; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.