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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Cleta

Cleta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 549th with 136 babies. More babies were named Cleta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1935136 babies
Total since 1880
4,013babies recorded

Cleta popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#8,3297
1970#5,4759
1960#2,66221
1950#1,32648
1940#81177
1930#73491
1920#78186
1910#1,03418
1900#1,24210
1890——
1880——

How popular is Cleta, counting every spelling?

Cleta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Cleta?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Cleta are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 70 and 85. That makes Cleta a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Cleta by state

How common Cleta was among girls born in each state in 1933–1937, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (11.0×), Kansas (4.5×), Missouri (3.0×), Texas (2.6×), Arkansas (2.5×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIN0.04Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesMO0.30Kentucky: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesKY0.25West Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesWV0.07Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesKS0.44Arkansas: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesAR0.25Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesOK1.1Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesTX0.26Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Cleta, girls, 1933–1937. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Cleta

How popular is the name Cleta?

Cleta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1935, when it ranked 549th with 136 babies. More babies were named Cleta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Cleta a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 4,013 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Cleta most popular?

In 1933–1937, Cleta was most common in Oklahoma (1.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kansas and Missouri.