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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 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.
Where Cleophus is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#290 · 1 in 2,927
- Arkansas#330 · 1 in 3,709
Best ever in a state: #255 in Alabama, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #290 | 13 | 1 in 2,927 |
| Arkansas | #330 | 6 | 1 in 3,709 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 49,730 of them was named Cleophus, which outranked 71.3% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,181Rayfield37
- #1,181Turner37
- #1,181Weston37
- #1,203Cleophus36
- #1,203Alfonza36
- #1,203Brenton36
- #1,203Caleb36
- #1,220Arlo35
- #1,220Bailey35
- #1,220Casimir35
Tied with 16 names at #1,203; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.