Cletis
Last seen for girls in 1942 at #4,124 · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to boys 91.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1904 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,603since 1904
Cletis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
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| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,902 | 13 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,853 | 18 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,814 | 18 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,774 | 20 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,510 | 27 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,233 | 41 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,210 | 42 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,190 | 14 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,804 | 18 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,055 | 14 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,382 | 26 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,577 | 20 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | — | #1,446 | 22 | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,119 | 34 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,092 | 36 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | — | #1,090 | 38 | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #1,282 | 29 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,190 | 35 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #1,195 | 34 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,228 | 34 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,174 | 37 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #1,201 | 35 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,071 | 44 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | — | #1,367 | 29 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #1,180 | 37 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,192 | 34 |
| 1917 | — | #1,479 | 23 | |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cletis! It came in at #1,064, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cletis is popular in 1962
No state had 5 or more boys named Cletis in 1962, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Cletis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1996
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1904 at #1,064 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,354 boys born in 1904 were named Cletis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,860 boys born in 1996 (0.00%)
- 22.2% of all boys named Cletis (356) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1911, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,064 |
| 1910s | 193 | #1,100 (1915) | #1,380 |
| 1920s | 356 | #1,071 (1924) | #1,205 |
| 1930s | 286 | #1,090 (1932) | #1,287 |
| 1940s | 192 | #1,382 (1946) | #1,655 |
| 1950s | 130 | #1,746 (1950) | #2,273 |
| 1960s | 277 | #1,172 (1962) | #1,641 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,203 (1971) | #3,746 |
| 1980s | 52 | #3,256 (1980) | #4,763 |
| 1990s | 15 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,861 |
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.
Cletis in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 47,018 of them was named Cletis, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,147Trinidad45
- #1,147Willam45
- #1,147Williams45
- #1,172Cletis44
- #1,172Beau44
- #1,172Brenton44
- #1,172Clarke44
- #1,187Benson43
- #1,187Brain43
- #1,187Constantine43
Tied with 14 names at #1,172; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.