Cleto

Peak · boys
1933 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
180
since 1915

Cleto over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cleto has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,214, 1933boys
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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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2004#11,3565
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1992#6,1288
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1979#6,0565
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1966#3,9485
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1948#3,6685
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1946#3,5255
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1938#3,5345
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1933#2,21411
1932#3,3616
1931#3,7635
1930#4,0015
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1928#2,52211
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1926#4,2015
1925#2,9369
1924#3,5057
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1922#4,3075
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1915#3,3926
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Cleto! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Cleto is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Cleto in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Cleto
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1933 at #2,214 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 90,139
  • Highest: 1 in 90,139 boys born in 1933 were named Cleto (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 396,996 boys born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 26.1% of all boys named Cleto (47) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#3,177 (1916)#3,285
1920s47#2,522 (1928)#3,373
1930s37#2,214 (1933)#3,420
1940s23#2,743 (1945)#3,261
1950s9#2,709 (1953)#2,709
1960s21#3,646 (1963)#3,916
1970s12#4,054 (1973)#5,055
1980s0——
1990s13#6,128 (1992)#7,123
2000s5#11,356 (2004)#11,356

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.

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