Recorded 1922–1934 Girls' name Peak 1922 19 births

Cletha — girls' name

19 babies named Cletha in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s121930s7
1920s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Cletha was born in this single decade.

1922
Single peak year

7 babies were named Cletha in 1922 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cletha

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Cletha between 1922 and 1934, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cletha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cletha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cletha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cletha 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 19 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.

Cletha at a glance

Last recorded 1934

Total births

19

Since 1922

13 years of records

Peak year

1922

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1934

Active since

1922

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 1934

Cletha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1922

Last recorded 1934
Peak year (1922)
7
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 193419241922 7

Cletha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
12 births that decade — 63% of Cletha's all-time total
1920s121930s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cletha?
19 babies have been named Cletha since 1922. It was last recorded in 1934. The peak year was 1922 with 7 births.
When was Cletha most popular?
Cletha was most popular in the 1920s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
How long has the name Cletha been used?
Cletha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1922, spanning 13 years of data through 1934.
What names are similar to Cletha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cleo, Clementine, Cleta, Clemmie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1922–1934 (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.