Cletus
Last seen for girls in 1948 at #5,243 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1922 · 233 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,437since 1886
Cletus over time
Rank among boys' names. Cletus has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,739 | 8 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,598 | 19 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,110 | 25 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,748 | 29 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,129 | 20 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,314 | 40 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,280 | 38 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,314 | 34 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | — | #926 | 62 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,000 | 54 | |
| 1964 | — | #936 | 66 | |
| 1963 | — | #956 | 62 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,091 | 49 | |
| 1961 | — | #967 | 63 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,021 | 56 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,081 | 51 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,026 | 55 | |
| 1957 | — | #944 | 64 | |
| 1956 | — | #986 | 57 | |
| 1955 | — | #906 | 67 | |
| 1954 | — | #933 | 63 | |
| 1953 | — | #908 | 62 | |
| 1952 | — | #808 | 75 | |
| 1951 | — | #749 | 86 | |
| 1950 | — | #761 | 81 | |
| 1949 | — | #761 | 82 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #766 | 78 |
| 1947 | — | #771 | 79 | |
| 1946 | — | #695 | 87 | |
| 1945 | — | #645 | 88 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #720 | 74 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #633 | 101 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #683 | 88 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #578 | 105 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #602 | 96 |
| 1939 | — | #574 | 99 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #601 | 97 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #531 | 119 |
| 1936 | — | #504 | 127 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #482 | 137 |
| 1934 | — | #495 | 134 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #501 | 125 |
| 1932 | — | #454 | 156 | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #498 | 132 |
| 1930 | — | #441 | 177 | |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #465 | 159 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #481 | 160 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | #438 | 193 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #429 | 200 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #442 | 184 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 | #407 | 226 |
| 1923 | — | #427 | 200 | |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | #391 | 233 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #466 | 174 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #463 | 173 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #451 | 168 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | #414 | 200 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #411 | 189 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #433 | 171 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #438 | 154 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #497 | 97 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #475 | 83 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #484 | 66 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | #506 | 34 |
| 1910 | — | #537 | 28 | |
| 1909 | — | #453 | 31 | |
| 1908 | — | #438 | 30 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #587 | 15 | |
| 1903 | — | #576 | 15 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cletus! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cletus
- 2,695 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #8,243)
- 496 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #8,243)
- 501 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 494 spots in 1893 (#1,066 → #572)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1902 (#596 → #744)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1922 at #391 (233 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1893–1957
- Highest: 1 in 4,670 boys born in 1922 were named Cletus (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.6% of all boys named Cletus (1,902) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #959 (1886) | #995 |
| 1890s | 80 | #572 (1893) | #758 |
| 1900s | 185 | #438 (1908) | #568 |
| 1910s | 1,190 | #411 (1917) | #465 |
| 1920s | 1,902 | #391 (1922) | #441 |
| 1930s | 1,303 | #441 (1930) | #508 |
| 1940s | 878 | #578 (1941) | #685 |
| 1950s | 661 | #749 (1951) | #910 |
| 1960s | 536 | #926 (1966) | #1,049 |
| 1970s | 251 | #1,314 (1970) | #1,947 |
| 1980s | 189 | #1,942 (1981) | #2,778 |
| 1990s | 85 | #3,462 (1991) | #5,637 |
| 2000s | 64 | #6,013 (2001) | #9,503 |
| 2010s | 61 | #8,744 (2015) | #10,023 |
| 2020s | 42 | #7,587 (2021) | #8,761 |
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.
Cletus in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 120,100 of them was named Cletus, which outranked 45.6% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,958Zara11
- #2,958Zelna11
- #2,958Zilphia11
- #3,152Cletus10
- #3,152Aino10
- #3,152Alita10
- #3,152Altie10
- #3,379Adelfa9
- #3,379Adelma9
- #3,379Ala9
Tied with 226 names at #3,152; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 4,670 of them was named Cletus, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).