Cleophus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cleophus

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,023 babies named Cleophus between 1904 and 2007, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleophus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleophus performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Cleophus shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 350 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cleophus in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleophus 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 2,023 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.