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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Cletis

Cletis was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1924, when it ranked 1074th with 44 babies. More babies were named Cletis in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192444 babies
Total since 1880
1,762babies recorded

Cletis popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 159 since 1911.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980#3,28813
1970#4,3296
1960#1,21242
1950#1,75718
1940#1,44022
1930#1,19635
1920#1,18437
1910#1,6405
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Cletis, counting every spelling?

Cletis has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Cletis?

About 600 people born in the US named Cletis are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 55 and 74. That makes Cletis 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.

Cletis by state

How common Cletis was among boys born in each state in 1922–1926, around its peak. In 44 states fewer than five boys 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: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 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: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 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: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMO0.08Kentucky: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesKY0.09West Virginia: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesWV0.10Virginia: 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: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesAR0.07Tennessee: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTN0.10North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOK0.05Louisiana: 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Cletis, boys, 1922–1926. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Cletis: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cletis, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Cletis

How popular is the name Cletis?

Cletis was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1924, when it ranked 1074th with 44 babies. More babies were named Cletis in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Cletis a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 159 girls and 1,603 boys.

Where was Cletis most popular?

In 1922–1926, Cletis was most common in West Virginia (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by Tennessee and Kentucky.