Cletus
Cletus was the 8382nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 391st with 233 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 521 places. More babies were named Cletus in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,382 boys, up 511 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1922233 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,709babies recorded
Cletus popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 272 since 1898.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,382 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,893 | 8 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | #9,292 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,050 | 10 |
| 1980 | #2,121 | 25 |
| 1970 | #1,316 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,022 | 56 |
| 1950 | #762 | 81 |
| 1940 | #604 | 96 |
| 1930 | #442 | 177 |
| 1920 | #463 | 173 |
| 1910 | #541 | 28 |
| 1900 | #652 | 15 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Cletus, counting every spelling?
Cletus has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Cletus?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cletus (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cletus born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cletus.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cletus?
About 2,000 people born in the US named Cletus are alive today, with a median age of 65; half are between 51 and 77. That makes Cletus a name most people associate with older generations.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cletus: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cletus, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cletus
How popular is the name Cletus?
Cletus was the 8382nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 391st with 233 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 521 places. More babies were named Cletus in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Cletus a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Cletus in the US.