Cleto — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cleto

The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Cleto between 1915 and 2004, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cleto currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cleto performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cleto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cleto in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cleto 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 180 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.