Cleotis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cleotis

The Social Security Administration has registered 319 babies named Cleotis between 1916 and 1986, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleotis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleotis performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Cleotis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cleotis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleotis 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 319 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.