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.
Where Cletus is popular in 1933
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#206 · 1 in 1,810
- Missouri#227 · 1 in 2,227
- Minnesota#244 · 1 in 2,751
- Indiana#263 · 1 in 3,146
- Illinois#274 · 1 in 3,530
Best ever in a state: #102 in Iowa, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #206 | 10 | 1 in 1,810 |
| Missouri | #227 | 12 | 1 in 2,227 |
| Minnesota | #244 | 7 | 1 in 2,751 |
| Indiana | #263 | 7 | 1 in 3,146 |
| Illinois | #274 | 14 | 1 in 3,530 |
| Wisconsin | #279 | 6 | 1 in 3,712 |
| Arkansas | #324 | 6 | 1 in 2,880 |
| Ohio | #340 | 7 | 1 in 6,156 |
| Kentucky | #353 | 7 | 1 in 3,530 |
| North Carolina | #363 | 8 | 1 in 4,112 |
| Pennsylvania | #368 | 9 | 1 in 7,678 |
| Oklahoma | #384 | 5 | 1 in 4,375 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 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 1933
Top girls' names in 1933
Top boys' names in 1933
More about 1933
girls
1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 167,989 of them was named Cletus, which outranked 22.7% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,406Zeola7
- #3,406Zerline7
- #3,406Zollie7
- #3,753Cletus6
- #3,753Adalene6
- #3,753Adelita6
- #3,753Adria6
- #4,218Adair5
- #4,218Adda5
- #4,218Adelyn5
Tied with 464 names at #3,753; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 7,932 of them was named Cletus, which outranked 87.9% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).