Cleatus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cleatus

The Social Security Administration has registered 894 babies named Cleatus between 1907 and 1977, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleatus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 30 babies received it in a single year. Cleatus is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 71 additional births since 1916.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleatus performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cleatus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cleatus in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleatus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 894 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.