Cleother — boys' name
10 babies named Cleother in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Cleother was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Cleother in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cleother
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Cleother between 1918 and 1947, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleother currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleother performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cleother shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cleother in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cleother 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 10 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.
Cleother at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cleother popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1918
- Peak year (1918)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
10 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 5 births in a single year.
Cleother by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Cleother's all-time total
Cleother decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Cleother's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Cleother by state
Where Cleother concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 50.0% |
5 of 10 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 50.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 50.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.