Cleta
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #8,178
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 136 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,013since 1885
Cleta over time
Rank among girls' names. Cleta has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 |
| 1954 | #1,409 | 51 |
| 1953 | #1,213 | 63 |
| 1952 | #1,368 | 50 |
| 1951 | #1,362 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,324 | 48 |
| 1949 | #1,183 | 59 |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 |
| 1947 | #1,097 | 66 |
| 1946 | #1,276 | 46 |
| 1945 | #1,022 | 57 |
| 1944 | #1,029 | 58 |
| 1943 | #944 | 69 |
| 1942 | #1,046 | 56 |
| 1941 | #821 | 77 |
| 1940 | #808 | 77 |
| 1939 | #775 | 77 |
| 1938 | #687 | 100 |
| 1937 | #761 | 80 |
| 1936 | #652 | 102 |
| 1935 | #549 | 136 |
| 1934 | #579 | 125 |
| 1933 | #769 | 73 |
| 1932 | #698 | 94 |
| 1931 | #631 | 110 |
| 1930 | #734 | 91 |
| 1929 | #764 | 83 |
| 1928 | #739 | 92 |
| 1927 | #771 | 88 |
| 1926 | #729 | 99 |
| 1925 | #758 | 95 |
| 1924 | #809 | 85 |
| 1923 | #836 | 77 |
| 1922 | #789 | 85 |
| 1921 | #735 | 100 |
| 1920 | #780 | 86 |
| 1919 | #875 | 64 |
| 1918 | #759 | 88 |
| 1917 | #750 | 87 |
| 1916 | #721 | 89 |
| 1915 | #734 | 82 |
| 1914 | #692 | 69 |
| 1913 | #741 | 50 |
| 1912 | #786 | 40 |
| 1911 | #698 | 39 |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 |
| 1909 | #813 | 25 |
| 1908 | #912 | 19 |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #797 | 21 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#222 · 1 in 1,196
- Missouri#307 · 1 in 2,981
- Kentucky#346 · 1 in 3,136
- Texas#443 · 1 in 3,394
- Illinois#544 · 1 in 9,202
Best ever in a state: #145 in Oklahoma, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #222 | 17 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Missouri | #307 | 9 | 1 in 2,981 |
| Kentucky | #346 | 9 | 1 in 3,136 |
| Texas | #443 | 17 | 1 in 3,394 |
| Illinois | #544 | 6 | 1 in 9,202 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Cleta
- 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)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1935 at #549 (136 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1911–1941
- 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%)
- 24.6% of all girls named Cleta (988) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #837 (1888) | #942 |
| 1890s | 67 | #903 (1896) | #1,093 |
| 1900s | 158 | #790 (1907) | #977 |
| 1910s | 626 | #692 (1914) | #779 |
| 1920s | 890 | #729 (1926) | #771 |
| 1930s | 988 | #549 (1935) | #684 |
| 1940s | 617 | #808 (1940) | #1,049 |
| 1950s | 436 | #1,213 (1953) | #1,598 |
| 1960s | 140 | #2,649 (1960) | #3,378 |
| 1970s | 69 | #4,810 (1971) | #7,018 |
| 1980s | 7 | #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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 11,035 of them was named Cleta, which outranked 86.2% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #682Karin101
- #682Leilani101
- #682Marge101
- #687Cleta100
- #687Alva100
- #687Isabella100
- #687Marylin100
- #693Charleen99
- #693Colette99
- #693Laurie99
Tied with 5 names at #687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.