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

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Peak · boys
1945 · 38 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,023
since 1904

Cleophus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cleophus has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #1,039, 1945boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2007—#9,7887
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2001—#10,5565
2000—#10,3495
1999—#8,7046
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1997—#6,1009
1996—#5,53510
1995—#8,8685
1994—#7,7706
1993—#6,8167
1992—#4,87211
1991—#5,9428
1990—#6,4157
1989—#4,27112
1988—#4,16211
1987—#2,83818
1986—#3,88211
1985—#3,80511
1984—#4,9737
1983—#3,41112
1982—#3,28213
1981—#3,03014
1980—#3,25613
1979—#2,56818
1978—#2,27920
1977—#2,36119
1976—#4,0128
1975—#2,13421
1974—#2,67414
1973—#3,22310
1972—#2,08019
1971—#1,86223
1970—#2,12518
1969—#1,81021
1968—#1,89418
1967—#1,50726
1966—#1,61323
1965—#1,62523
1964—#1,40831
1963—#2,04416
1962—#1,51527
1961—#1,52128
1960—#1,35934
1959—#1,36033
1958—#1,25338
1957—#1,19942
1956—#1,20340
1955—#1,19839
1954—#1,40829
1953—#1,28034
1952—#1,24535
1951—#1,34430
1950—#1,20336
1949—#1,18536
1948—#1,19436
1947—#1,06446
1946—#1,35527
1945—#1,03938
1944—#1,28227
1943—#1,48622
1942—#1,16735
1941—#1,30026
1940—#1,36824
1939—#1,05237
1938—#1,31026
1937—#1,52820
1936—#1,20530
1935—#1,24729
1934—#1,09236
1933—#1,23029
1932—#1,25429
1931—#1,21732
1930—#1,33029
1929—#1,33928
1928—#1,25433
1927—#1,60323
1926#3,8737#1,17437
1925—#1,22534
1924—#1,22335
1923—#1,21335
1922—#1,69521
1921—#1,64822
1920—#1,82019
1919—#1,62421
1918#4,2916#1,99816
1917#4,0836#1,81517
1916—#2,04314
1915—#1,96814
1914—#1,44118
1913—#1,9459
1912—#1,52711
1911—#1,5376
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1908—#1,3735
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1904—#1,2055
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First appearance
1904

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.

Where Cleophus is popular in 1949

No state had 5 or more boys named Cleophus in 1949, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Cleophus
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 1945 at #1,039 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,624
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.6% of all boys named Cleophus (356) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s15#1,205 (1904)#1,270
1910s126#1,441 (1914)#1,766
1920s287#1,174 (1926)#1,419
1930s297#1,052 (1939)#1,247
1940s317#1,039 (1945)#1,244
1950s356#1,198 (1955)#1,269
1960s247#1,359 (1960)#1,630
1970s170#1,862 (1971)#2,532
1980s122#2,838 (1987)#3,691
1990s69#4,872 (1992)#6,780
2000s17#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 1949

boys
#1,185
36 births · 1 in 49,276 boys

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #1,185Cleophus36
More about 1949

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 49,276 of them was named Cleophus, which outranked 71.8% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleophus
  1. #1,163Stafford37
  2. #1,163Whitney37
  3. #1,163Wylie37
  4. #1,185Cleophus36
  5. #1,185Authur36
  6. #1,185Danniel36
  7. #1,185Delano36
  8. #1,205Arvil35
  9. #1,205Bartholomew35
  10. #1,205Bernice35

Tied with 19 names at #1,185; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949 →