Cleta

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #8,178

Peak · girls
1935 · 136 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,013
since 1885

Cleta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cleta has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #549, 1935girls
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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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1980#8,1787
1979#10,2105
1978#7,6497
1977#9,6525
1976—
1975#7,9846
1974#6,2588
1973#6,0808
1972#5,10910
1971#4,81011
1970#5,4139
1969#4,19812
1968#3,61014
1967#2,96318
1966#3,04017
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1964#4,09611
1963#3,80112
1962#3,29315
1961#2,75220
1960#2,64921
1959#2,02131
1958#2,20926
1957#1,92832
1956#1,76036
1955#1,38352
1954#1,40951
1953#1,21363
1952#1,36850
1951#1,36247
1950#1,32448
1949#1,18359
1948#1,26752
1947#1,09766
1946#1,27646
1945#1,02257
1944#1,02958
1943#94469
1942#1,04656
1941#82177
1940#80877
1939#77577
1938#687100
1937#76180
1936#652102
1935#549136
1934#579125
1933#76973
1932#69894
1931#631110
1930#73491
1929#76483
1928#73992
1927#77188
1926#72999
1925#75895
1924#80985
1923#83677
1922#78985
1921#735100
1920#78086
1919#87564
1918#75988
1917#75087
1916#72189
1915#73482
1914#69269
1913#74150
1912#78640
1911#69839
1910#1,03018
1909#81325
1908#91219
1907#79022
1906#1,3219
1905#79721
1904#1,00113
1903#86216
1902#97213
1901#1,06710
1900#1,23110
1899#1,1818
1898#92014
1897#1,03710
1896#90313
1895#1,2997
1894#1,1368
1893#1,1757
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Cleta! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cleta is popular in 1885

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Cleta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
  • Biggest jump: 531 spots in 1907 (#1,321 → #790)
  • Biggest drop: 524 spots in 1906 (#797 → #1,321)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1935 at #549 (136 births)
  • Births halved by 1942, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1911–1941
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,710
  • Highest: 1 in 7,710 girls born in 1935 were named Cleta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 237,187 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 24.6% of all girls named Cleta (988) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#837 (1888)#942
1890s67#903 (1896)#1,093
1900s158#790 (1907)#977
1910s626#692 (1914)#779
1920s890#729 (1926)#771
1930s988#549 (1935)#684
1940s617#808 (1940)#1,049
1950s436#1,213 (1953)#1,598
1960s140#2,649 (1960)#3,378
1970s69#4,810 (1971)#7,018
1980s7#8,178 (1980)#8,178

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cleta in 1885

girls
#1,047
5 births · 1 in 26,611 girls

Top girls' names in 1885

  1. #1Mary9,128
  2. #2Anna3,994
  3. #3Emma2,728
  4. #4Elizabeth2,582
  5. #5Margaret2,204
  6. #6Minnie2,178
  7. #7Clara1,910
  8. #8Bertha1,860
  9. #9Ida1,854
  10. #10Annie1,703
  11. #1,047Cleta5
More about 1885

girls

133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 26,611 of them was named Cleta, which outranked 12.5% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleta
  1. #921Zelda6
  2. #921Zenobia6
  3. #921Zoa6
  4. #1,047Cleta5
  5. #1,047Abby5
  6. #1,047Alcie5
  7. #1,047Alexina5

Tied with 150 names at #1,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Lonnie#1,024 → #557
  2. ↑ 430Theodora#930 → #500
  3. ↑ 395Malissie#1,024 → #629
  4. ↑ 366Arabella#1,024 → #658
  5. ↑ 366Bina#1,024 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 458Sina#463 → #921
  2. ↓ 433Carlotta#614 → #1,047
  3. ↓ 433Felicia#614 → #1,047
  4. ↓ 433Fronie#614 → #1,047
  5. ↓ 433Paulina#614 → #1,047

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

See the top 100 for 1885 →